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Female black-throated mango Hummingbird sporting her stylish threads. Photographer A. Peter “Where you start is not important. Where you finish is what matters.” ~Joel Osteen, Next Level Thinking In 2012, before entering my final year in undergrad at UWI, I sustained a knee […]
“Here every creed and race find an equal place.” ~excerpt from T&T’s National Anthem (Patrick Castagne) I remember watching my favourite spaghetti western: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1968) when I was a teenager. The scene that stood out the most was when […]
The outer walls of the Lapeyrouse Cemetery, mostly built from blue limestone quarried from the Laventille hills (Bissessarsingh 2013) “The experiences we have affect who we are, what we can accomplish, and where we are going.” ~Pine & Gilmore (The Experience economy) In […]
Main entrance to Lapeyrouse Cemetery, Phillip Street “Stop Traveller Stop Read Carefully Just as you are so once was I Just as I am so you will be Prepare yourself to follow me” ~ R. Daniel’s Tombstone (Lapeyrouse Cemetery) My husband and I […]
“Fear of failure and fear of disappointment existed but the poui never worried times of blossom are planned but I saw it constant.” ~Anonymous Legend has it that when the Poui (pronounced poo-ee) trees are in bloom, examinations generally follow closely after. […]
“Find something you love to do, and do it!” -Maharaj, P. (Trinidadian businessman) Currently, I’m drawn to people in pursuit of their passions. Everyday people working ordinary jobs while actively creating their own opportunities towards the things they love. One such person I want […]