Valley of Chaya by Tracey Hoffmann. $5.49 from Smashwords.com This first book in the Valley of Chaya series sets a new benchmark in Christian fiction excellence. The book is best described as an action adventure, suspense, love story. It is set in the world of human trafficking but has been written with sensitivity and care … Continue reading Featured Book: Valley of Chaya By Tracey Hoffmann
The Heart of Applebutter Hill 14-year-old Adiaphoran refugees Baggy and Abigail are a bit cynical, as they are alone in a new country. Rounded up with other refugee kids, they live in Transition House at the Plumkettle Learning Center until they are placed with guardians. Photographer Baggy moves into a berm house containing a WWII periscope … Continue reading Featured Book: The Heart of Applebutter Hill by Donna W. Hill
Secrets from a Manhattan Broker: Things Your Rental Broker Doesn't Want You to Know Have you ever wondered why finding an apartment in Manhattan can be such a frustrating, daunting experience? Have you ever thought that maybe those advertisements that you see on Craigslist could be for fake apartments? Do you wonder about what goes … Continue reading Featured Book: Secrets from a Manhattan Broker by Alex Zane Coleman
As if all the daily shenanigans weren’t enough, one had to also deal with those being kept after midnight.
Louise Simone Bennett-Coverley or Miss Lou, OM, OJ, MBE (7 September 1919 – 26 July 2006), was a Jamaican poet, folklorist, writer, and educator. Writing and performing her poems in what was known as Jamaican Patois or Creole, she was instrumental in having this "dialect" of the people given literary recognition in its own right … Continue reading Jamaican Writers: Feature on Louise Bennett, Ms. Lou
Violence, is a common reaction for people bred in a volatile community. I am not used to it, nor am I trying to assimilate to such a culture. It is hard enough trying to consistently curb my own inclinations to such.
By: Denise N. Fyffe. Copyright © 2015, Denise Fyffe One of the first areas that a groom can help with is the paperwork. There is a lot of paperwork involved in preparing a wedding ceremony. Applying for a Jamaican wedding license will kick off the list. Visit the respective department or ministry to get this … Continue reading Jamaican Weddings: Wedding day responsibilities for the groom
Its a constant war, Its a constant tug and fight; I keep here babies bawling morning, noon and night; All I here is bawling, bawling, bawling; All I here is crying, crying, crying; Tears and more tears But no one seems to care.
By: Denise N. Fyffe. Jamaica ... not 50 years since it has been around, but 53 years since it has been independent as a nation. This little island is lending some new age strategies to enhance its Emancipation and Independence celebrations. By blending the names, this year 2015, Jamaicans are having a week long Emancipendence celebrations. … Continue reading Jamaica at 53: Emancipedence 2015
I hide my pain even from myself, until a tear escapes and so follows the rest.- Poetess Denise Fyffe
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