Emma Lewis
Writer and Independent Blogger at Freelance
Writer and Independent Blogger at Petchary's Blog
36 years in Jamaica. Blogger. Writer. Earth lover. Bird fanatic. Gooner. Also at https://t.co/WmTicNUOdB AND https://t.co/zfTSaIuF0i…
Articles
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2 weeks ago |
petchary.wordpress.com | Emma Lewis
Tomorrow is the opening of what should be viewed as a crucial meeting in Nice, France: the UN Ocean Conference. There is so much to discuss – science mixed with politics mixed with money concerns, one suspects. I hope that science comes out on top. As is usual at such conferences, civil society organisations have an important role to play.
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2 weeks ago |
petchary.wordpress.com | Emma Lewis
“I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky…”Today, June 7 2025, is World Ocean Day. As an island dweller for my entire life – and for the last few decades on a small island, where the ocean is never more than 25 miles away – I have always felt close to the ocean. My father, a sailor all his life, perhaps loved the ocean more than land. He was nowhere happier than sailing the wind and waves.
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3 weeks ago |
petchary.wordpress.com | Emma Lewis
We often hear music at nights, especially at weekends. Kingston is a lively city, and there is always something happening – whether it is roots reggae at the Bob Marley Museum, a soca fest at the Mas Camp, American soul music at a neighbour’s party – or all kinds of music at the Ranny Williams Centre, down the road. Last week, I remember hearing something a little different: I simply heard voices and drums: strong and with an element of joy and community. I could not quite define it.
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3 weeks ago |
petchary.wordpress.com | Emma Lewis
I just got a note from WordPress that my blog is now officially fifteen years old. Wow. It doesn’t seem like that long – I still vividly remember putting “pen to paper” – or rather, fingers to my beloved iMac’s wireless keyboard – back in June, 2010. I won’t pat myself on the back, however. It’s hard work sustaining a blog with content that you believe your readers will enjoy.
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1 month ago |
petchary.wordpress.com | Emma Lewis
We ought to be ashamed of ourselves. But, we are not. By “we” I mean the Jamaican Government. I believe many Jamaican citizens, when they think about it, must have at least a twinge of conscience. After all, Jamaicans have suffered persecution in the past, and many have migrated too, legally or illegally. However, we sent our “Caribbean brothers and sisters” back almost as soon as they arrived on these shores – desperate, hungry.
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