Author: Elspeth Duncan

My October 31 plans included attending a friend’s Divali light-up, then joining two visiting Norwegian friends for a Divali event at Tropikist Hotel. I had learned of this open-to-the-public offering through a chef friend working there. Shortly after 2.30 pm that Thursday, I drove to a “valleyish” area to investigate an issue involving some dogs […]

Every place in the world is “a destination” that someone might want to visit for one reason or another. Usually, locals do not view their space in the way that tourists do. We are generally caught up in the daily grind of life and rarely take the time be “a tourist in our own country.” […]

A few days ago, a friend and I were discussing how, as young secondary-chool students, we dreaded receiving order marks for bad behaviour. Back then, the mere concept of an order mark was sufficient to ward off tendencies to major mischief. I cannot recall bullying incidents in “our day” at St Augustine Girls’ High School. […]

TODAY is the final day of the three-day low cost spay/neuter clinic (September 13-15) being offered by Venus Doggess of Love (Tobago-based animal rescue NGO) and Worldwide Rural Assistance Program/WRAP. This article is a “Thank you in advance,” since, as I write it on September 9, the event has not yet started. A huge thank […]