Essays
What It Means to Be From Somewhere
A personal reflection on Caribbean diaspora identity, exploring what it means to carry home across distance, memory, and generations.
Essays
Personal essays on culture, diaspora, identity, and the places that made us.
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The Light Here Is Different
When you spend 30 years moving for professional reasons, you develop a kind of useful detachment. You get very good at being open. You get good at choosing a place that's calm, planting yourself deliberately, and deciding this is the new home where you will let things slow down enough to be seen.
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26 is Not My Name - A Statue Speaks of Theft, Return, and the Search for Home
Suppose a statue could feel, think, and talk about its life journey. It would tell us that it is more than a number; it is a symbol of culture and memory, and it is important to teach and protect the future of the people it represents. Why steal it from its home? Suppose someone steals your memory.
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The Quiet Poison in Our Groceries
The U.S. just approved new pesticides containing PFAS—“forever chemicals” tied to cancers and immune problems. Europe is moving toward a full ban. Travelers and Caribbean nations are caught in the middle. Here’s what you need to know, and how to protect yourself.