Every culture has it’s form of bread. It would be impossible to name how bread is made and eaten. Guyana is no different. There are several ethnic groups which make up the peoples of Guyana, and each of them have some form of bread appreciated by all Guyanese. That’s the beauty of respecting and blending […]
Read MoreThis is a gratitude post, gratitude for so many things I take for granted: family, friends, health, food, and most of all, time. Over the last few months, the world as most of us know it has been turned on its axis in ways unimaginable to us. There is so much uncertainty about the future […]
Read MoreIf you live in the tropics for any length of time, you know that the ubiquitous coconut is on every street corner and in every home. It takes so long for Nature to grow a coconut (which is just a big seed) into a mature tree that to desecrate “the Tree of Life,” as it […]
Read MoreI can’t believe it’s summer already! Another month full of activities including a Duck Curry competition. I did not enter the competition but I fully participated in the event. There was lots to do and the competition between the three teams was stiff! Every team was a winner and the smells of the curry cooking […]
Read MoreWow.What a busy day! I was telling a consular corps colleague that I felt I needed roller skates but then revised my comment to needing wings. He said I needed no wings. I am already an angel. How nice! I had to be at the downtown campus for 8:30 and left there at 9:15 to get […]
Read MoreHanging in on Day 2 of cutting some sugar mimics – fruit, rice, sweet veggies and bread. I had a dull headache yesterday and today was more of the same.Why am I doing this? I keep asking myself this question periodically throughout the day and the answer I give myself is: You are not doing […]
Read MoreI am trying an experiment for the next 3 days of going without sugar (not carbs) from a book I’ve been reading called Sugar Smart. That means no fruits, rice, pasta, flour and no veggies with higher amounts of sugar, which include pumpkin, squash, beets, and a host of other veggies. The list of things […]
Read MoreIt was a busy day today with meetings and more meetings. A bit better than yesterday which was 3 hours of meetings in the morning and another 3 hours in the afternoon. I suppose it keeps me distracted enough but it sure makes for a long day when I have to sit that long. I have […]
Read MoreNow that I am doing my 31 days of no-added-sugar, I am hearing a lot about the impact of sugar in our diets. I am not sure if this is 2016 version of the “Low fat” craze of the 90s or the “lower your salt intake” of the early 2000s. I was not a big […]
Read MoreMy day started a bit slowly as I could not think of what to do first. This is the last day of my holiday break and I’ve not given any thought to preparing for work tomorrow. That’s a good thing. I thoroughly enjoyed my two weeks off and spending the time cooking and playing with […]
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