Having "Cojones"
on Nov 20, 2009 in manhood slavery virility Spanish blacks The serious lack of communicationbetween men and women still existstoday and it is probably more markedeven with all the access to clinical help.Image.Still a frustrated teenage writer living in country of little or no communication between people, a...

The Setup
on Nov 15, 2009 in sixth-grade love ImageAs yet I had steered clear of being too involved with my classmates who were constantly trying to court me away from my reveries. I had good reason for this attitude as I would inevitably get into trouble the minute I’d allow myself to get cau...

1950
on Nov 10, 2009 in Ana-Sanchez Jesus Saint-Paul-Episcopal-Church Salvation-Army-in-Panama This is the Salvation Army building that remains in Marañonin Panama City today. It still bears the emblem and logo in Spanish thatreads "Ejercito de la Salvación." The original building, however, was a two floor structure, the top floo...

New Priests and Monkey Paws
on Nov 5, 2009 in Santa-Ana-Church Catholic-priests death Miss-Polly A priestly ordination. Image wikipediaShe visited the old Santana Church on her own this time and when she returned she was absolutely buoyant, radiant in fact. Almost half talking to herself as she entered through the door she continued glorifying...

Escaping Segregation in Death
on Nov 1, 2009 in death Aunt-Ethel-Frances Silver-cemeteries Miss-Polly Seymour-Green All-Souls-Day This image represents the grand celebration of light that is observed in Presov, Slovakia. This is how we all should celebrate All Soul's Dayin the Americas in memory of our belovedancestors who worked to leave us the best of allpossible worlds. Ima...

A Pot of Rundon and Sensuality Calling
on Oct 26, 2009 in Zone-maid Bocas del Toro Miss-Polly Rundon Del-Marie The image is of an exquisitepot of Rundon, or rundown, as it is variously called- Jamaican style.Image.That school year, in fact, I had stayed off the streets as much as possible and stayed at home mostly reading all the books I was able to understan...

Miss Polly
on Oct 23, 2009 in Polly canal-zone Bocas del Toro paraiso-cz Canal-Zone-maid Rundon This is a rather tourist like shot of Bocas del Toro. Image. It was the year 1950 and the seemingly endless year of 1949 had passed with many political happenings that I would remember all my life. I would usually end my days at the dental clinic w...

The Black Christ of Portobelo is as Popular as Ever
on Oct 19, 2009 in San-Felipe-de-Portobelo Black-Christ-of-Portobelo The-Saint Roberto-Duran This beautiful image of the Black Christof Portobelo never fails to evoke for methe intensity of feelings that the devoteeshave for this Christ's manifestation.Image thanks to gonomad.comWith the annual Black Christ celebration practically upon us-...

Our Silver Cemeteries Made it to the International “Endangered List!”
on Oct 10, 2009 in World-Monuments-Watch-list-2010 Mount Hope Cemetery The-World-Monuments-Fund The Silver People Heritage Foundation City-of-Colon-in-Panama Corozal Cemetery Above is a screen shot of World Monuments Fund'sWatch Page. Please visit them and get acquainted with themarvellous work they are doing for the world's culturalpatrimony. We just had to break the wonderful news to all our readers and descendants of...

Susú Messenger Boy and Slave
on Oct 6, 2009 in Zone-maid Rio-Abajo Aunt-Berenice Susu Miss-Polly I wholeheartedly support the stronganti-child labor movement in the world aswe must put an end to the attitude of adultswho feel they can take advantage of the vulnerability of children.ImagePresently, I’d gone back to doing what I knew best to do...