by rudtt | Jan 4, 2024 | Before I Forget
How do you choose to live in this world? – Perhaps start by looking up … In the last few decades, the daily or even hourly weather forecast is something we now take for granted. Our ability to predict it, to such a close degree, facilitates trade, travel,...
by rudtt | Jan 3, 2024 | Before I Forget
FROM THE MOUTH OF BABES & OPEN SCHOLARSHIP WINNERS: Common Sense, Facts, Stating the Obvious, Déjà vu, Idealism and Optimism “Policies aimed at education and employment can help [with crime]…” – so says 2023 joint-President medal recipient, Ryker Harricharan (of...
by rudtt | Jan 2, 2024 | Before I Forget
NEW YEAR, SAME LYRICS: Will calypsonians reiterate their predecessors’ remarks? For those who know me well, they often classify me as an ‘old soul’ – partially because I adore ‘kaiso’ (i.e. classic calypso). I can’t help it, as I grew up hearing it in my...
by rudtt | Jan 1, 2024 | Before I Forget
NEW YEAR’S REFLECTIONS: The Legacy of our Leaders If you’ve read “The Alchemist” by Paula Coelho, then you would be familiar with the concept of ‘omens’ and that one must be open-minded enough to recognise and interpret them. It’s the 1st day of 2024 and we...
by rudtt | Dec 31, 2023 | Before I Forget
OLD YEAR’S REFLECTIONS: Genuine Wondrous Night Lights As we approach the end of yet another lap around our Sun – my 39th to be exact – and set ourselves in gear for the next one, I can’t get “Webb’s First Deep Field” (i.e. the...
