Trinidad and Tobago
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Self Directed Learning, Placebos and Gambling.
07.01.25Happy New Year Readers! Bzzzz-bzzzz! Yara’s new phone jittered on the cracked tabletop like a panicked mosquito, shaking out a sticky-sweet tune in a boy’s thick Jamaican sing-song: “Mi want a hippopotamus fi Christmas…” The sound bounced off the peeling walls of the little, broken-down house, filling it with a strange kind of cheer. Malïa…
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Imaginal Method: Religion & Spirituality at Christmas
24.12.2024 Story (Soft organ chords: G, C, A minor) “Merry Christmas, my dear family in Christ! Can I get a Hallelujah for the goodness of our Lord?” Congregation solemnly: “Hallelujah!” I stand here tonight in the glow of this holy Christmas Eve. Antigua’s warm breeze brushes against my brown skin as we gather to celebrate…
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“As Trini as Bhagi”
A post for Universal Health Coverage Day 12.12.24 Scene: A grand community centre with a timeless backdrop inspired by Deborah Anzinger’s work. The Prime Union’s Minister stands at a simple, pearly podium. A small but attentive audience fills the room. The air is heavy with solemnity but charged with hope. Prime Union’s Minister: (Adjusts papers,…
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Warts wrong?
Bab Elon moved to the British Virgin Islands a few years ago, chasing the promises of warm breezes and opportunities in a land foreign to his native Glasgow, Scotland. Widowed and of modest means—by Caribbean standards—Bab made his living doing odd jobs around the island. Despite his reclusive life, he was a man of bountiful…
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Foreign Exchange in a Caribbean Island
“Wuh yuh mean, I cyah spen’ meh own money?… You eh know who is me?!” StoryIn the verdant vista of Zapata, where the swamp’s waters shimmered with the golden glow of a sunset, lived Pawi, a splendid bird draped in sunrise-yellow. There, twilight toasted to tomorrow. One fateful day, Pawi fluttered towards the fiery-red bank,…
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It’s Just a Placebo!
“Stop scrolling Sunita!” – Elijah, the district’s ‘doctor’ demanded. Genuinely in the gentle grip of Guyana’s green heart, beneath the broad leaves of banana trees and the watchful eyes of perched parrots, Sunita became the subject of the village’s whispered wonders. Her grandfather, old Elijah, was the village healer, a man whose face was mapped…
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Omega Fatty Acids and the placebo effect.
“I cyah understand dat tanty; fish oil doh work?!” In the dappled dance of daylight, Margaret’s granddaughter, Chaconia, a vibrant vision of the island’s youthful zest, lent her ears to the lore of her lineage. Her abode, a humble harmony of weathered wood and woven wonders of memory, presented a poignant portrait against the polish…
