Letters from Grenada

Grandma Vera went home today. It was peaceful.

That’s Vera, last May, on Grand Anse Beach. We were there celebrating Jack’s first birthday.
Love you.

Posted on November 16th, 2008 under Grenada. Tags: eulogy, family, love, PHOTOS. Comments: 3

The newly-elected Prime Minister of Grenada, Tillman Thomas, wrote this lovely note of congratulations to Barack Obama:
The Government and the people of Grenada are extremely elated over your amazing election as the 44th President of the United States of America, and do offer you our sincere congratulations.
The fact that you are the first African-American [...]

Posted on November 14th, 2008 under Grenada. Tags: election, global, Grenada, obama, politics, tillman thomas. Comments: 1

I am what you could call an intermediate seamstress, but only if you were being kind. Both my mom and my grandmother can really sew, though, so I grew up accustomed to wandering the aisles of fabric stores. I’d run my fingers along the bolts like they were books on a library shelf, [...]

Posted on November 14th, 2008 under Grenada. Tags: books, caribbean, family, Grenada, PHOTOS, sewing, tropical weather. Comments: 1

I don’t think it’s meant to be, but it hits me in the gut like that. Am I oversensitive?  Is this just a caricature?

Posted on November 12th, 2008 under Grenada. Tags: obama, racism, random. Comments: 16

Someday I will leave Grenada and return to the United States, leaving behind sights like these:

I wonder: After I’m gone, will these pictures seem impossible memories? Will it eventually feel a dream that I ever lived amidst such extraordinary yet everyday beauty?

Posted on November 11th, 2008 under Grenada. Tags: expat, flora, Grenada, living abroad, living in Grenada, PHOTOS, random. Comments Off

At 11:51 PM on Tuesday I typed the last words of my liveblog and finally stepped away from the computer. The networks had called the election. I had confirmed it on Twitter. I wasn’t celebrating yet. I was cautious.
But then the miracle happened. Mere minutes after the call, John McCain [...]

Posted on November 7th, 2008 under Grenada. Tags: 9/11, caribbean, election, expat, family, global, Grenada, international, living abroad, living in Grenada, LOL, love, obama, other blogs, PHOTOS, politics, racism, world. Comments: 8

Wednesday morning.  Still bawling like a baby.  Post later.

Posted on November 5th, 2008 under Grenada. Tags: election, obama, PHOTOS, politics. Comments: 2

Welcome to my Election Day liveblog. Oy.
8:56 AM (Atlantic Time!): On Twitter, Election Day is already in full swing. People come out of the voting booth choked up. “Are you fired up?” A resounding yes.
8:58 AM: Dear Ann Coulter, please shut up. You make me embarrassed to be [...]

Posted on November 4th, 2008 under Grenada. Tags: election, Grenada, liveblog, living abroad, living in Grenada, obama, other blogs, politics, songs I like, twitter. Comments: 2

Madelyn Dunham passed away yesterday. She was 86.

Barack Obama and Maya Soetoro-Ng released this statement:
“It is with great sadness that we announce that our grandmother, Madelyn Dunham, has died peacefully after a battle with cancer. She was the cornerstone of our family, and a woman of extraordinary accomplishment, strength, and humility. She was [...]

Posted on November 3rd, 2008 under Grenada. Tags: election, eulogy, family, obama, PHOTOS, politics. Comments Off