It’s been a while since I enjoyed a book as much as I did Lauren Groff’s Brawler. Her writing reminds me of (a bit) of Jhumpa Lahiri’s. Clean and crisp – never overly emotional, trite or dripping with adjectives. Every now and then though, she drops a lyrical line here and there reminding you that…
Category: Thoughts on Things
waiting…
Often, I stand at my window and wait for the shadow of the neighbour’s tree to fall on the street below. I love that moment when the shadows slowly materialize and then evaporate — like painting with water on a hot stone. As the clouds move, the shadows show themselves again. Like magic. Copyright ©…
counting green
For still there are so many things that I have never seen: in every wood in every spring there is a different green. – John Ronald Rueul Tolkien In Guyana — and I imagine in every other Caribbean country — at any time, if you were to look out the window, you could easily count…
with my yellow pen…
This idea was given to me by my cousin. She uses my calendar as a type of journal, writing highlights from the month at the back of each page. I love the idea and started doing it myself. My calendar comes as loose A4 pages so writing on the back is quite easy. The paper…
seeing red
I don’t know if it’s because they’ve been doing work just outside my house today — putting up a new electrical pole because the old wooden one was janky and woodpecker pecked — but I’m in a mood. The noise has been non-stop and though I live on a pretty busy street and can hear…
aftertaste / residue
I love movies. Love the way they allow me to sink into another world so I can be absorbed into it. Thoughtful attention to framing scenes, strong acting, sensitivity to and the juxtaposition of colours and lines – and yes, a tight plot-line are qualities that make a movie for me. Films don’t have to…
top 5 of 2025
Dear Friend, Today is December 31st. This year is slowly becoming another. In some places it’s already 2026. In Guyana, we call this day Old Year’s Day. In the US, it’s called New Year’s Eve. The different names may give some inking as to how the two different psyches operate. Looking back or looking forward….
state of the art
Last week, I took part in a holiday sale event. It was held in a fancier part of town and shoppers had to RSVP in order to attend. There was a coffee and a champagne bar and some shoppers in evening attire. Was the table free? Absolutely not! For the cha-ching price of $275.00, I…
what if…?
I’m in the middle of If Cats Disappeared from the World (2012) by Genki Kawamura. . The world Kawamura builds and perhaps too, the texture of the language both give me a Murakami vibe. But at the same time, it also gives me moments of pause, making me ask myself the very questions that baffle…