Category: Cultural Observations

You should never say “I don’t feel good” around elderly Bajan women. Not only are they likely to say, “I know wha wanna shud tek fa dat”, they probably will have a[…]

I remember sitting in the back seat of our family car* waiting for my father at his job at White Motors Inc. in Cleveland Ohio in the early 1960’s. The[…]

The busy roads in Barbados are eerily quiet on bank holidays. The normal traffic with vans blaring their obnoxious horns looking for riders, large buses rushing by, a constant flow[…]

Due to popular demand, I am back! I have been told over and over again “We miss reading your blogs, why don’t you start writing again?”  Truth be told, it[…]

For the past month or so I have been keeping a close eye on my one bunch (also known as a hand) of bananas. My plan was to watch over[…]

One of the best places on the island to see monkeys, hummingbirds and arguably the best garden in Barbados is Andromeda Gardens in St. Joseph. The 6 acre botanical garden[…]