The Editor speaks: Happy Birthday EVERYBODY
k The following was sent to me today (17) by one of our readers: We are all 2018 today! Today the whole world is the same age! Today is a very special day. It happens only Once every 1,000 years….
The Editor speaks: It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas Everywhere you go Take a look at the roundabouts Lit up once again With candy canes and silver lanes aglow It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas Toys in every store…
Publisher speaks: TOGETHERNESS
My poem about ‘togetherness’ something that seems we don’t have much time for. TOGETHERNESS By Joan E. (Watler) Wilson There’s nothing as nice as togetherness With friends we hold so dear To share one’s delights or problems And to show…
The Editor speaks: Police, prosecutors and animals
Here in the Cayman Islands and going back two years ago, a third horse was found sexually assaulted at the Equestrian Centre. One of the previous horses (a pony) had to be euthanized’ Where are the police on finding the…
The Editor speaks: Drug mules
A mule is often described as a stupid animal and it is an apt name given to someone who acts as a courier who smuggles drugs into a foreign country, usually by swallowing it. This is after the drugs have…
The Editor speaks: Human rights
Stand up for human rights! Today (December 10) is International Human Rights Day. This year marks the 70th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (“the UDHR”). To celebrate the 70th anniversary of the UDHR, the United Nations (“the…
The Editor speaks: Beauty surrounds us
The great 13th-century Persian poet,Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī, more popularly known as Rumi, said “beauty surrounds us but usually we need to be walking in a garden to know it”. Our garden, or gardens, are our three Islands where we…
The Editor speaks: Since when was “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” a controversial holiday favourite ?
Since a couple of months ago! OK. Maybe two years ago…?* The song “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” was written in 1944 and at no time ever was any question raised that the lyrics could be interpreted as a man trying…
The Publisher speaks: “Winds of Change” – Christmas is coming
By Joan Wilson I have taken our Editor’s space today because I felt the winds of change yesterday evening and I wrote a poem about it. One, I haven’t shared with you before. As Christmas is just around the corner,…
The Editor speaks: Is ‘silence’ safer?
Before I go into trying to answer that question I have to refer you to an excellent ‘Viewpoint” from retired Cayman Islands senior civil servant, Gilbert Connolly. The article is published on the CNS website under the title of “Governor…