The corn man in Trench Town 😀

I must say we had a visit to the new Passport and Immigration office today and it was lovely. It is clean, orderly and there is even a working bathroom with toilet paper. The staff were friendly and efficient. Thank you! This is an image of the old chaos that was on Constant Spring Road.

This is a relatively new campaign on social media asking people to turn in guns. They get $150,000 in return, just over $1,000 US. Authorities say it is working….

When a football match is playing in Jamaica, you know. The other day I was in the doctor’s office with my son waiting. A football game was on and a crowd was watching. And all of a sudden both my son and I jumped in response to loud screams and yells. I guess someone had scored a goal. The enthusiasm here is unparalleled, like most things in Jamaica, there is never a shortage of passion. Flags are everywhere, the roads are quiet at certain times. And there are intermittent screaming sessions. I have to remind myself that it is football, not some bloody murder going on.

This is a long paragraph, but it is worth a read in these backward times. It is from Hannah Arendt’s On Totalitarianism.

Interesting…someone on Twitter just pointed out this Tweet from the US Embassy here in Jamaica. Seems incongruent with the current administration’s actions…good for them.

A trip to the zoo, where the plastic zebra was better than the real animals.

Found some toys from my childhood.