Trying to make sense of what is happening

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In the weeks before Soufriere began its explosive eruption the main issues being discussed nationally had to do with vaccination and questioning th...

The ‘Caribs’ and resettlement efforts after the 1902 eruption

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While we are pre-occupied with securing ourselves, homes, animals and farms at this time, the real challenge will come with resettlement and rebuildin...

An historical peep at past eruptions

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As we reflect on past eruptions while trying to come to grips with the uncertainties that face us today,  we have to take into account the state of ...

Might not be the worst of times but we into rough times!

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We are in the midst of two serious crises, each with enormous problems for us. I speak of course about the current coronavirus pandemic and the impen...

Brief recollections about Good Friday 1979

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“The thing split Good Friday in two And that good new morning groaned and snapped like breaking an old habit (The Volcano Suite – Shake Keane) Wi...

Some Thoughts about the Vaccine Situation

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A friend from Antigua wondered why Vincentians were not taking the vaccine. I saw at that time a chart from NEWSDAY indicating the quantity of vaccina...

Reflecting on National Heroes Day and National Heritage Month

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 On Sunday we celebrated another National Heroes Day and are now fully into National Heritage Month. What is this all about? We know that March 14 w...

America’s Effusive Civil War

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I am using a word we now associate with the eruption of our volcano, to try to make sense of the madness that has overtaken the “land of the free an...