Sounds rather odd, doesn’t it? But actually, there is one, and it’s rather interesting. A couple of days ago I was at a women’s residence on the University of the West Indies’ Kingston campus, Mary Seacole Hall. I spoke to a group of students from the I’m Glad I’m a Girl Foundation, which mentors teenage … More The Jamaica-Crimea Connection
“Family isn’t something that’s supposed to be static, or set. People marry in, divorce out. They’re born, they die. It’s always evolving, turning into something else.” A popular writer for teens, Sarah Dessen, wrote this, and it is so true. I always wanted my family to stay the same; encapsulated in a kind of time … More Family Matters: Early Morning Thoughts
“Everything is illuminated in the light of the past.” So says Alex (played by the marvelous Eugene Hutz) at the end of the 2005 film “Everything Is Illuminated,” which has become a Petchary Instant Classic ever since I first watched it on cable with my son. Illumination is a beautiful word, isn’t it? It glows, … More Illuminate Me, Baby
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