Episode Notes Flashback to 1948, the year of Vera's birth in St Andrew, Jamaica. This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
Episode Notes Notes go hereBorn 1904, in the rural region of Saint Andrew Parish ... a donkey ride from the Blue Mountains where (believe it or not), snowflakes occasionally fall on the highest peaks. This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
Episode Notes Culture Shock! This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
Episode Notes Late at night, comes a quiet knock-knock-knocking. The stranger on the other side says something like, "I have come with news from Jamaica." This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
Episode Notes "It" speaks of watching your step and being on the ball, while trying to get a foot in the door and keeping a low profile... and "Doing as The Romans When in Rome". This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
Episode Notes She'll sit soaking her poor, cracked and calloused feet, in a large white enamel basin in my pee ... my pee that she has been carefully storing in a bottle during the week. She believes (like other West Indians) that child pee has special healing properties ... it's also less smelly. This podcast is powered by Pinecast.
Episode Notes Outside the frame... the clock on the wall that can neither be seen... nor heard... is ticking her time away. This podcast is powered by Pinecast.