Sixteen months ago Trinidad and Tobago entered the pandemic. Through two major lockdowns, thousands of infections and hundreds of deaths, this Caribbean island of some 1.4 million people has suffered. Covid malaise, Covid brain, Covid paranoia. These are phrases with which we are all familiar. Right now I am once again not allowed to workContinue reading “16 months in I love Netflix”
Category Archives: Pandemic
Lockdown #2
According to our PM we must be closed for 3 weeks, even though our Covid protocols at work have been rigid, exemplary and successful. Some in the business have not been so careful and so the government believes that all should be penalized. Even though I work with one client at a time, with 30Continue reading “Lockdown #2”
Covid Carnival
“They reach! How many doses? Where to get it? What’s the number again?” Oh my goodness! The drama and panic that surrounded the getting of the first Covid 19 vaccinations went in true Trini form. You know we Trinis LOVE a baccanal. Kudos to the Ministry of Health for their exemplary handling of the distributionContinue reading “Covid Carnival”
One year and one month
So….. one year and one month ago Trinidad and Tobago joined the global pandemic lockdown. For a long time, I chose to see the humorous side of the whole tragic thing. After all, laughter is the best medicine and all that. But now, so long after, and with the dreaded Third Wave rearing its uglyContinue reading “One year and one month”
Stories and beauty 