In July 1993 I decided to attend my eldest son’s commencement ceremony in Barinas , Venezuela . My young high-school daughter and my seventy-three year Continue reading
Christmastime in Old Jamaica: The Teenage Years
As Jamaica modernized, little things started to slip away. Sometime in the early 70s, importation of firecrackers from China was banned after it was discovered Continue reading
About Goldie Falconer-Simpson
Christmastime in Old Jamaica: The Early Years
In the tiny district of Queensbury, St. Elizabeth, on Jamaica’s south coast, Christmas meant big-time celebrations, and preparation usually started right after the August 1 Emancipation Continue reading
About Goldie Falconer-Simpson
Growing up in old Jamaica
I grew up in deep rural Jamaica. In my district none of the citizens owned a motor vehicle, and so we walked everywhere. At age Continue reading
About Goldie Falconer-Simpson
Jamaica Lost It Along the Road…
The Jamaica that I grew up in was one of brotherly love, care for each others welfare, where in the face of disaster, sickness, death, Continue reading
