Earlier on this week I was sitting in one of my favorites spots in Arima people watching, as I like to do ever so often. About fifteen feet down from me was a street vendor selling CD/DVDS, with him was a medium size music set up. He played Christmas carols, slows, rock, oldies, hip hop, reggae, quite a wide selection of songs, changing them ever so often. It was so interesting to see people from all different walks of life singing or just humming to a song as they passed. There was an elderly lady sitting right next to me and she was singing away to Stevie Wonder’s “I just called to say I love you”. School kids, Men, Women, Africans, Indians, Douglas, Chinese, as they walked by they were enjoying one song or the other. Even though we are different in so many was, I believe music is one of the many threads that ties humanity together, can you think of others?
Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Friday, November 11, 2011
Naturalist Notes: Doing the right thing
I was sitting on the corner yesterday evening, enjoy the cool breezes that soothes my soul. Then I noticed a young man in school uniform walking by, I’m guessing he wasn’t more than about 13 or 14 years old. In his hand was a small empty soft drink bottle, which he attempted to dunk (as if playing basketball) into a medium sized dumpster that was at the side of a wall. Unfortunately for him, he missed his target and the bottle ended up in the drain. I must say that I was surprised at what happened next! Even though there were several other pieces of trash on the ground. This young man stopped, got down into the drain to retrieve his bottle and then placed it where it rightly belonged. I felt so proud of him, I smiled and said loudly, you did the right thing young man!
There are serious consequences to littering e.g., flooding, causing harm to wildlife…
Friday, November 4, 2011
Naturalist Notes: Patience
It’s been over two weeks since I've hung my bird feeders and all that I have attracted thus far, is ants! To me this really reiterates that one needs to have a whole lot of patience when dealing with our avian friends. I’ll keep you posted, hopefully it won’t be long now.
Denise Etienne
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