The idea to write a book about Jamaica came to mind while I was swimming in the ocean at Negril, a town in western Jamaica. Rain had begun to lightly fall. I was afraid there would be lightening. Thankfully, there was none. I decided to remain in the water while others swam back to shore to seek...

In 2020, the COVID-19 global pandemic upended life as we knew it, shifting the normalcy of our daily lives. It was a time of uncertainty and fear. In the weeks following the initial news of reported cases in the USA, many people experienced what was called "quarantine insomnia." Adults and...

While working on my book, "When Grandma Makes Soup Joumou," I paused and thought about what it was like for the formerly enslaved in Haiti to experience freedom for the first time on January 1, 1804. The front cover is that of a Pan-African flag, and can be used as an educational tool during...