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Happy New Year to all readers. It is not to late for that, is it? It seems like just yesterday I was ringing in the new year. Is it me, or is 2012 passing too quickly? I don’t know where the time is going. I haven’t slept one single night… Read full post »

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It seems like just yesterday my two sons were babies, helpless and adorable.

The middle years went rushing by and in a magical blink of the eye they are now men. Though to me they will always be my babies, especially the younger, who is the apple of my eye. … Read full post »

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    Three of the newer buildings on the waterfront, including The Hyatt Regency Hotel.  

 

 

In Trinidad, the seat of government was officially moved from St Joseph, a little inland, to Port of Spain (northwest) by the last Spanish governor, Don Jo… Read full post »

 

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It is good to be back. I missed OS like I miss Trinidad when I am away from her beautiful shores (well not exactly...). Anyway, I was supposed to be back home in Trinidad four weeks, tops, but instead I ended up staying four months. I mean, who… Read full post »

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My late mother was the only person that I’ve ever known who completed a crossword puzzle at the first attempt, even those mind boggling ones where the clues don’t make sense (to me anyway). To stop myself from going crazy I have given up trying to figure out those clues.… Read full post »

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I had just turned sixteen when I received my first marriage proposal. The boy was about twenty, Indian, from a Hindu family who lived three houses away from us. We were friends, not girlfriend and boyfriend and had never talked of love or dating so the proposal came as a… Read full post »

Prior to 1966, when the Hindu festival of Divali was made a public holiday, most of the public holidays (some have been scrapped in favour of others in recent years) and special days in Trinidad were Christian oriented, particularly Catholic, as that was the dominant religion back then.… Read full post »

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By A. Walrond

 

We in Trinidad owe our tradition of Carnival to the French, who first came to our island in 1783 through the efforts of a Frenchman by the name of Phillipe Roume de Saint-Laurent. He petitioned the Spanish Crown to allow migration of Catholics under a Cedula of… Read full post »

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By A. Walrond

 

Through my niece, Megan, I am experiencing the thrill of what was once a youthful dream of mine. I dreamt about being a singer, but timidness held me back (or was it lack of talent?). Singing is in our blood. When one of my younger sisters… Read full post »

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Gra'ma at age 85

 

When I was introduced to OS about six weeks ago, I had no idea what the reality of being here was going to be like. I was of the opinion that one’s writing would be critiqued by other writers. Instead I found a delightful forum… Read full post »

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Television was introduced to Trinidad in August of 1962, yet a year later not many people owned a set. In June 1963 my uncle, who lived about a half mile away had the distinction of being the third person in our village to purchase a television set for his family. On Friday and…

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Active mud volcano at Digity Road, Penal Village

 

Some time ago I had the pleasure of acting as tour guide to two foreigners in search of adventure. We left Chaguaramas, a picturesque port in northwest Trinidad, in a  rented car one sunny morning, looking forward to a … Read full post »

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 By A. Walrond

         As a local song says: “Trini Xmas is the best”. Some say that the season is too commercialized today and I believe that’s true, but the love is still there and a lot of Hindu families and some Muslims even celebrat… Read full post »

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 By: A. Walrond

    In my family coffee was consumed only at wakes but our next-door neighbour would brew a pot of coffee early every morning and the aroma would waft over to our house and my young nose would inhale the beautiful odour and I longed for the day… Read full post »