Reggae music has grown and expanded since the days of Peter Tosh and Bob Marley. Protoje is one of the genre’s modern mainstays. He and his band the Indiggnation provide the soundtrack to today’s conscious, political, philosophical reggae scene in Jamaica. I had the privilege of seeing Protoje at a special live show in Kingston a few… Read More Music Monday: Protoje – “Blood Money”
Feathers, rum, revelers, spectators, trucks, and plenty of soca music: this is Carnival! … Read More Fête fi Hours: Jamaica Carnival
“Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it.” – William Arthur Ward October This was a doozy of a month. So many things happened in October, both happy and not-so, and I’m still feeling the aftershocks. It came with a bang…er, rather, a promise of a hurricane. I… Read More 12 Days of Gratitude: Day 10
“If you look at what you have in life, you’ll always have more. If you look at what you don’t have in life, you’ll never have enough.” – Oprah Winfrey (Drawing on the wisdom of Oprah for a second time in the series.) September This was a different kind of September. No back-to-school excitement for… Read More 12 Days of Gratitude: Day 9
“We can complain because rose bushes have thorns, or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.” – Abraham Lincoln August If the year were a week, August would definitely be hump day. The end of the year is in sight, and though your rational mind is telling you to “live in the present” and “enjoy the… Read More 12 Days of Gratitude: Day 8
