Blog birth day

Well, today marks the birth of my blog and the birth

of another reason for me to spend more ridiculous

hours online. Blogging has always interested me, but I

didn't know if I'd be able to keep up with frequently

updating the site. Additionally, I think that when you

put something "out there", it should add value to people

somehow, that when they're finished reading maybe

they discover something new, perhaps a concept or

just some small piece of information. It shouldn't just be

some self-indulgent expose.

Caribbean literature

These days I'm big on Caribbean literature.

Well, I was always hooked. Since I was like 9/10

I'd be reading Michael Anthony's All that glitters or

The Year in San Fernando. Now, having Amazon deliver

stuff straight to my door, it's lovely, one of the few

things I enjoy about England. Lol. These days I'm

buying Elizabeth Nunez novels like it was fry bake and

smoke herring (Shout out to the Antiguan lady with d

parlour on Charlotte Street who hooked me up before I

ent to work... oh and the snow cone man too).

My first experience of Elizabeth - Beyond the Limbo

Silence, the first novel I read (years ago courtesy UWI's

library) is un-put-downable. So, I thought I'd buy some

more to see how the rest were. Didn't know if I'd have

a Toni Morrison experience. See, Song of Solomon

was great, so I thought I'd check out her other stuff,

but somehow I couldn't read the whole thing, the magic

wasn't there. I don't know what the fuss is 'bout her,

but then when you're Oprah's friend things happen eh.

Anyway, I digress, so yeah Nunex is da bomb. Partly

wanting to see if she'd do a Toni Morrison on me and

partly proud of the fact that this Trini writer is da bomb,

I bought some of her books. I picked up Discretion to

read last night. Talk 'bout a lack of discipline on my part

when I should be studying for a law exam and I had vowed

I would be a virgin to the book until I took my seat on a

Virgin plane to head back to Trinidad, meh mudda land,

meh fadda land, meh brudda land, my land. Well, three

hours later I was already half-way through the book.

Ah force mehself to put it down so I could get some zzz

and not feel mash up today. Ah also force a Nunez on meh

English landlady.

I still have to get Bruised Hibiscus (imagine reading 'bout

Orange Grove and Chaguanas an ting in beautiful prose).

Muah! And I ha to get Prospero's Daughter, her latest.

Was just reading that Nunez is in Jamaica this weekend

for the 2006 Calabash International Literary Festival.

She was in Trinidad during this year's Carnival for another

literary bash. I love it when our writers come home to

exchange ideas and do whatever they do. I not gonna

pretend I know what goes on in those events.

If you want to find out more 'bout her, check out www.elizabethnunez.com

Hey Liz, afta dat plug ah jes gi yuh, send some novels nah.

Anyhoo, enough of my dabbling for the day.

Take care peeps, and thanks for reading my first blog.

Hope you discovered something new.

Karel