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Rafting on the Rio Grande, in Portland, Jamaica Shaka, like many other children growing up in his native Jamaica, enjoyed a life which was not suffocated by overly close supervision by adults. He had a lot of freedom to roam about, within reason, and explore and enjoyed the flora and fauna around him. In his pastime, Shaka would spend time with his mates and notable men in the village, who would tell them Duppy and Rolling Calf stories. They would listen as these men, and, at times, the other boys, reel of stories about  people going up to Janga Gully and hearing chains being drawn on the earth, before they would be confronted by the terrifying looking and feared Rolling  Calf, whereupon they would run like hell to save their lives from the creature.  At other times, Shaka would be listening to the story tellers relating how Obeah Men and Women would catch Duppy and put them into bottles and corked it, before taking them to the sea side and torturing them by getting

Grief, resulting from the death of a loved one, is probably the most profoundly emotionally painful experience us humans can suffer, outside of the physical pain we suffer from, say, being tortured by illness or another human.  It is also a very common experience of the human condition, since it arises from the death of a person and being our common destiny .  Consequently, there are always many people suffering grief at any given time. So, at the risk of being perceived as impertinent, supposed I were to pose the question: 'for how long should a person mourn the death of a loved one deeply, beyond the first months of years of their loss'? Of course, the initial response would have to be, that it is dependent on the individual experiencing the grief, and the circumstances surrounding the death of the loved one. Yet, we do know that grief can destroy the bereaved, by robbing them of the will to continue to live their lives amongst the living, as opposed to with

Congratulations to Lewis Hamilton and his Mercedes Team for having won the British Grand Prix. The race was an exciting - though probably not for some or most of the drivers, including those who DNF in spectacular  ways - and thrilling one, as the drivers battled against the adverse wet and slippery conditions. Nico Rosberg, unfortunately, had to contend with more engine problems, resulting in him not being able to use his 7th gear, and the final 4 or so laps of his race being compromised, as he successfully kept the hot air of the young driver predator, Verstappen, off his neck, to keep his second place. Verstappen had a great race, and both Rosberg and Lewis can consider themselves fortunate in not, due to either driver error or some external misfortune, not to have fallen prey to this exciting, courageous and skillful young driver. One criticism I have to make of Lewis Hamilton is this.  The British Grand Prix is his home race, which both him and his British fans w

This is another short video of my walk on the canal, which I can now reflect on, considering the fact that the Sun has now deserted us! See what you make of it!

Living is not a straight or obstacle-free road Families, it is often said, comes in all shapes, sizes and forms. We have the family comprising a mother, a father and a number of children, and we have families comprising parents, children and grandparents. We have matriarchal families in which the mother plays the main role in how the family functions, and we have patriarchal families in which the father's dictate carries the day. We have what we call nuclear families, in which the family is comprised of 'mummy and daddy and their 2.4 children', and functions as an autonomous and self-sufficient unit, with the grandparents not playing an  integral role in how the nuclear family unit functions, beyond the contacts which they have with their children and grandchildren Whatever kind of family unit a person has the privilege of growing up in, they will, naturally, establish two kinds of relationship with  with the other people in the family. The first is the biol

We are a team family Lewis Hamilton - and, yes, ipso facto - Mercedes, have dominated all 3 practice sessions for tomorrow's British Formula 1 Grand Prix as Silvestone. And, to cap it, so far, Lewis has taken Pole position for the race. Congratulations, Lewis, and Mercedes, since, both go together and is reflective of a team working in unison, playing different roles and parts, and with neither being capable of realising their full potential, separately; the one without the other. I say this in the context of a good or excellent Formula 1 team needing a good or excellent Formula 1 driver to win races. It might be that, in some cases, though not many, an exceptional driver can win some races with a mediocre car, but, only exceptionally. It was pleasing to see Nico Rosberg congratulating Lewis on his pole position, and to hear both men committing themselves to conduct themselves during future races, including tomorrow's, like true professionals and, I take

On a lovely sunny day we can feel elevated and full of cheer; infused with the thought, that ergo sumness, of life being great and it is good to be alive today. This is a brief video of moments in time and space on such a day. Have a look and see what it does for you.