In the Chinese Garden at Hope Gardens.

An interesting piece about Bob Marley’s catalogue of music in the New Yirk Times.

This is a bad news story turned good. An elderly woman was almost deported from the Ü.K. after authorities claimed she was an illegal alien. Paulette Wilson had been in the country since she was 11. It took a little bit of common sense and humanity to solve the problem. I’m afraid this type of thing might become more common and acceptable as the leader of the free world has the point of view he does of countries that have people he feels are not like him.

A birthday gift. Now I must learn how to care for it.

Last night as I was feeding my son, I began to check Twitter. At first, I thought it a joke: a tsunami warning. But indeed, a 7.6 magnitude earthquake had hit in the Caribbean Sea off the coast of Honduras and Belize.

I immediately began searching for government warnings or any sort of information. ODPEM, the government’s disaster preparedness arm, was not helpful.

I started to panic, thinking of our two babies sleeping peacefully. Not only was nature a threat in this case, but mass panic, inadequate infrastructure and a lack of safe refuge. Or maybe the latter exists but we have not been informed of anything useful

Prime Minister Andrew Holness did communicate the following:

As several people pointed out on Twitter, however, it was easier to learn about the threat from international media. Another case of a severe deficit of communication from authorities.

Some scenes fron the Chinese Gardens in Hope Gardens.

A local pharmacy has a Koi pond. It provided endless entertainment yesterday.

Peaceful moments in Hope Gardens.