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'Great Is Thy Faithfulness': Thanking God For Another '25th' Birthday

Celebrating my latest “25th” birthday back in my beloved New York City! As I awake on this God-given day to celebrate another #birthday (my 25th again, of course), I can’t help but sing: Morning by morning new mercies I see, All I have needed Thy hand hath provided, Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me Since childhood, the aforementioned hymn has been a favorite of mine. But it wasn’t…

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wwwcaribscribe · 8 months

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How I found out my dear Trinidadian friend Robert, life of the party and one lived life to the fullest was gone

My dear friend Robert Solomon, who warmly welcomed me into his home and took me under his care when I’d moved to Trinidad and Tobago from my native Barbados in 2000. I didn’t post the birthday greeting on Robert’s page over the past week because Facebook notified me it was his birthday — I did so because I remembered his birthday. (In fact, I remember all of my friends’ birthdays.) I never…

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wwwcaribscribe · 8 months

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Veteran NPR journalist Wade Goodwyn leaves a lasting impact and incredible legacy

My first time meeting my NPR colleague Wade Goodwyn in person and what better place than in his hometown Dallas, Texas. He died today at age 63. I only met Wade Goodwyn once in person. But that delightful meeting on a perfect fall evening in his beloved Dallas, Texas last year was all I needed for him to leave a lasting, positive impact on me. Sure, as a longtime NPR listener, I knew of Wade,…

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wwwcaribscribe · 8 months

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If 'Sunshine' Was A Person, It'd Be NPR's Michel Martin For Me

I needed some sunshine today and I got it during our annual NPR Nipper Awards ceremony! I was nominated as an “Unsung Hero” at NPR for my work as digital editor/senior editor on the National Desk this past year. It was an impressive field of candidates. I didn’t win but I’m thankful to be recognized for doing what I love. And, I’m super happy that one of my favo(u)rite people in the world and…

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wwwcaribscribe · 5 years

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Harold Hoyte: Heart Of The Nation Barbados, Thank You

Harold Hoyte, Co-founder, Editor Emeritus, Nation newspapers, Barbados (Left) and Nation reporters Maquita Peters (center) and Haydn Gill at the Nation’s 25th anniversary celebrations in 1998. Hoyte died on Sunday, May 12, 2019, at age 78.

This is the only photo I have of Harold Hoyte, co-founder, former editor-in-chief and editor emeritus of The Nation Publishing Ltd, Barbados and me, along with…

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wwwcaribscribe · 5 years

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It's My Birthday: At 4, Er 25, Looking Back At Sweet 16 Me

It’s My Birthday: At 4, Er 25, Looking Back At Sweet 16 Me

Man, if only this lil girl here (Left) at sweet 16 — looking at life through rose colo(u)red glasses — knew the challenges ahead, starting with the tragic death of her best friend a year later and how that would forever change her!

But through love lost, love gained, a myriad of dreams — some broken, some deferred, some of the best fulfilled, from tiny Bridgetown, Barbados to the Big Apple and…

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wwwcaribscribe · 7 years

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It's My Birthday! And I'm Happy And Thankful

It’s My Birthday! And I’m Happy And Thankful

At one of the places that makes me most happy – a gorgeous white sand beach in my beautiful Barbados.

Ever year since I turned 25 for the 10th time, as I approached my birthday, I’ve had a tendency to get depressed. Not because I’m sorry to be aging or to be in the land of the living. Oh no, I’m beyond grateful for life and to be alive. But like many of us have a habit of doing as we mark another…

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wwwcaribscribe · 7 years

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Tinder Dating Tales: The Man Who Stood Me Up Because ... You Have To Hear This

Tinder Dating Tales: The Man Who Stood Me Up Because … You Have To Hear This

This guy right here stood me up; first time in my life that happened to me. And what a bogus excuse he had!

DMV FOLKS: Any of y’all know/recognize this dude? I want to know exactly who he is. These are two photos from his Tinder profile that indicate he’s 8 miles from Downtown DC, NW.

He’d been communicating with me for a week and after insisting that we meet up, invited me out to dinner at 6…

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wwwcaribscribe · 7 years

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The last time I saw my granny alive: At her house in St. Vincent and the Grenadines 2013.

My granny would grind cocoa beans and make cocoa sticks rich with cinnamon and all the good spices and send them from her home in St. Vincent to my mom in Barbados. She’d instruct my mom, “Send some for Maquita in New York .” I’d boil my water, drop in my cocoa stick, add some milk and a lil sugar and it’d make for the best homemade hot chocolate in the world!

I last saw my grandmother this month three years ago when I visited her for a week on the idyllic island of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, the place where my maternal navel string is buried. She’s not one for much chatting, but y’all know I’m little chatterbox, so I sure got her chatting. We talked about everything from how she currently spent her days to reminiscing about her childhood and young adult years. Most of it was marked by hard work, parenting, scarcely an idle moment, and every day spending time reading her Bible and giving God thanks.

On the penultimate day of my visit, while in the nation’s capital, Kingstown, I called and asked granny to make me her famous Johnny Cake (aka dough boy). It was almost 5 o’clock in the evening, “She responded, uh now yuh uh call fi Johnny cake? Is late, yuh see di time?” Anyway, she said to bring her a few pounds of flour and she’ll bake ’em for me.

Almost three hours later I got back to her house with about 10 lbs of flour. 🙈 But before I could step inside, I was greeted by a delicious aroma coming from the kitchen. Granny had gone ahead and used whatever flour she had and made me not one, not two, but three large Johnny cakes, that way I’d have enough to take some back to NYC. It was the best Johnny cake I’ve ever had. And not merely because of granny’s skills and secret recipe, but because my grandmother made everything with love.

As I left her house that November afternoon, I repeatedly hugged and kissed her, told her that I loved her and that I’d soon see her again. My grandmother looked me in the eye and said, “Girl, yuh nah see me again.” And then she too said she loved me.

Granny was right. This morning, I awoke to the heartbreaking news that my grandmother, Doreen Peters, 87, a dedicated wife of more than 50 years (predeceased by her husband) a loving mother of 11 (predeceased by one son), a doting granny to countless of us, a matriarch of her village and more than anything, a devout woman of faith, went quietly to be with her Lord and saviour.

So on this Thanksgiving Day, I give thanks for this incredible woman that helped impart in me a spirit of generosity, selflessness, strong discipline, work ethic and enduring faith in God. This woman who was the best mother to the best mother I could ask for, Victoria Peters.

Granny, I will miss you sorely. I will miss calling you and hearing the excitement in your voice when you realize it’s me, I will miss your laugh, your soft spoken voice and you always encouraging me to keep the faith. I love you to infinity. Say hi to my granddad and my Uncle Moses . May you Rest In Peace and rise in glory. 😢😘

Me and my granny scraping fresh cinnamon bark in St. Vincent and the Grenadines 2013.

My granny loved her radio! She listened to it daily, and especially liked to listen to the death notices.

~ I Keep it Irie ~

Remembering My Grandmother, Who Died On Thanksgiving Day My granny would grind cocoa beans and make cocoa sticks rich with cinnamon and all the good spices and send them from her home in St.

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wwwcaribscribe · 8 years

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wwwcaribscribe · 8 years

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Men, Please Stop Calling Women Hot

In my book, it’s not physical attributes that truly make someone “hot.”

About a year ago, I came across a video on my Facebook timeline of Nigel Hayes, then 20, and a sophomore forward for the Wisconsin Badgers, where he was caught in a slightly embarrassing situation. Well, I thought it was cute. But he, having realized that what he thought he’d said in secret to fellow players during a press…

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wwwcaribscribe · 8 years

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Farewell My Beloved NYC, Hello New City

They say NYC is cold? Not as cold as this place lol!

The one phrase I’ve heard over and over prior to and living in New York for more than a decade has been, “If you can make it in New York, you can make it anywhere.” I’ve always thought New York was the toughest place to live. But gosh, I love this amazing city of blinding lightsand so over the years I kept pushing on, no matter the challenge.…

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wwwcaribscribe · 9 years

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I am Enough

I am enough

For a moment there

You made me doubt my worth.

I thought I wasn’t good enough for you;

Thought I was too short, too small

Too poor, too un-American

Too unaccomplished, too unattractive

Thought I had the wrong job,

The wrong dreams, the wrong goals

That nothing I am or have could measure up

To your ideals and expectations.

I thought I wasn’t enough.

You said I wasn’t your only one

And you had no…

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#Believing in yourself #CaribScribe #Confidence #Faith #I am Enough #Island Soul City Dreams #Life in New York #Maquita Peters #Poetry #Relationships #Self Love #Self-Confidence

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wwwcaribscribe · 9 years

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Why I'm Not Leaving My Abusive Relationship

Why I’m Not Leaving My Abusive Relationship

Photo Credit: Google Images.

I have an abusive man. He abuses me on various levels. But I’m not leaving him. Before you’re quick to judge, you ought to hear our story. Thereafter, you can be swift and merciless with your feedback. Given how often I’ve blogged about being single and my quest to find love, it may come as a surprise to many who know me to learn that I’m in a relationship. As one can…

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wwwcaribscribe · 9 years

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On Turning 40, Er I mean "25"

On Turning 40, Er I mean “25”

They say life begins at 40?;-)

When I was a teenager, ages like 30 and 40 seemed really old. When I marked my 25th birthday (for the first time), I felt as if I were grown, that I knew all about life. When I finally turned 30, I thought, “Oh my gosh, where did the years go?”

My 30s have been my most challenging, most exciting, most memorable years; the years in…

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wwwcaribscribe · 10 years

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A Reflection: My Time In Israel and Palestine, The Conflict Now

Me with Pastor Alex Awad outside of his East Jerusalem Baptist Church. Members of the Awad family were expelled from Israel.

Growing up in the Caribbean in both Barbados and St. Vincent and the Grenadines, my friends and I played with sheer abandon on miles of forest green pastures. Be it a game of cricket, football (soccer), hopscotch, tug-of-war, “red light, green light” or “puss puss catch a…

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wwwcaribscribe · 10 years

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Most of what I eat is home-cooked by me. And pretty much most of those dishes are native to my beautiful homeland Barbados and the wider Caribbean region. Be it breakfast, lunch, dinner or dessert, I almost always have a taste of my beloved Caribbean spicing up whatever I cook. Over the past few years, I’ve produced vlogs and photo stories sharing recipes of many of these dishes with my growing circle of American and international friends. I’m happy to share some of those creations now in this photo gallery.

From Bajan salt bread, jam puffs and our national dish “Coucou and Flying Fish,” to Trinidad-style dhalpuri roti and chicken pelau, Jamaican jerk cuisine and dumplings, to and Vincy-style coconut drops, hot cross buns and peanut brittle, I present an array of my delectable homemade Caribbean dishes. My diet is predominantly fish/seafood and I occasionally eat chicken, so the photos will reflect this. All photos were taken with my trusty iPhone camera.

Should you require a recipe for anything you see, please don’t hesitate to ask, I’ll be happy to share. So, please tell me, what is your favorite Caribbean dish? Comment below!

~ I Keep it Irie ~

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My homemade birthday breakfast of baked French Toast & Peaches with Scrambled eggs whites and veggies (mushroom, peppers, onion).

My fresh homemade fruit kebabs

My homemade spinach/grape tomato omelet w/turkey bacaon, fresh homemade fruit kebabs and Chai green tea.

My homemade Valentine’s Day breakfast: Veggie omelet, a side of sweet plantains grapes with blueberries and kiwi, Chai green tea.

My homemade thin-crust breakfast pizza one half codfish veggies, other half turkey bacon and veggies

Making Caribbean coconut drops.

Making Bajan Salt Bread

My freshly baked homemade Bajan salt bread and Caribbean coconut drops.

Some more of my homemade Vincy-style coconut drops.

Bajan cheese cutter on freshly baked homemade Bajan salt bread with Anchor New Zealand Cheddar Cheese.

My homemade ground turkey burgers in the making.

My homemade ground turkey burgers on my freshly baked homemade Bajan saltbread, with homemade sweet potato fries and a side salad.

My homemade veggie pizza and fish sticks.

My home-cooked Bajan soup.

My homemade Trini-style dhalpuri roti with curry chicken, potato and channa.

My home-cooked: The national dish of my beloved beautiful Barbados “Coucou and Flying Fish” with a side of pickled cucumber and steamed sweet potato.

Trinidad-style chicken pelau, with a a side of sweet plantains, potato salad and pickled cucumber.

My home-cooked couscous with baked red snapper, with zucchini and squash.

My home-cooked glazed salmon with jasmine rice, sautéed shrimp and veggies, sweet potato.

My home-cooked Jamaican jerk sautéed salmon with brown rice & lentils, steamed sweet potato, ginger/garlic infused sautéed veggies, avocado.

My home-cooked curry chicked with Jasmine rice and sweet steamed plantains.

My home-cooked Jasmine rice with pan seared tilapia, sa

My home-cooked salt fish/cod fish cook up with brown rice & black eye peas, steamed sweet plantain, steamed sweet potato, spinach, avocado, cucumber.

My homemade saltfish/cod fish cook up with Jamaican dumplings, green bananas, sweet plantains and avocado.

My homemade baked tilapia with baked garlic & herb new red potatoes and veggies.

My homemade Bajan macaroni pie (mac & cheese) in the making.

My homemade Bajan macaroni pie (mac & cheese) ready for the oven.

My homemade Bajan macaroni pie fresh out the oven.

My home-cooked shrimp brown rice pasta in a marinara sauce.

My home-cooked Rasta Pasta.

My home-cooked shrimp Alfredo pasta with spinach and grape tomatoes.

My homemade broiled tilapia salad in salsa sauce with pinapple and strawberries.

My homemade post workout berries and protein smoothie.

My homemade Bajan jam puffs in the making.

My homemade Bajan jam puff fresh out the oven.

My homemade Bajan jam puffs just out of the oven.

My homemade Caribbean cross buns in the making.

My homemade cross buns fresh out of the oven.

My homemade Vincy-style nut cakes aka peanut brittle.

Some more of my Vincy-style homemade nut cake aka peanut brittle.

Homemade Bajan cassava pone.

Delicious Caribbean Dishes Most of what I eat is home-cooked by me. And pretty much most of those dishes are native to my beautiful homeland Barbados and the wider Caribbean region.

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