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Caribbean Homes – Guadeloupe Facebook Twitter Youtube Guadeloupe is a French island (actually part of France!) located in the arc of islands making up the eastern edge of the Caribbean Sea. The houses on the island reflect the tropical island culture and are often painted happy colors. Though the island does have mansions, I have […]

Facebook Twitter Youtube Did you know that the steel drum is considered the only major musical instrument invented in the 20th century? This melodious drum originated in Trinidad in the 1930s and today can be heard throughout the Caribbean, either solo or accompanying other instruments and singers. Listen to Under the Sea from “The Little

Facebook Twitter Youtube Folks who live in the Caribbean are pretty laid back – except during Carnival. Then they let loose. The Caribbean Carnival was born in Trinidad, where it is known as “The Mother of Carnival.” The glorious event is based on traditions of culture, folklore, and religion. As you’d expect, there’s a parade

  Here’s a preview of Book Three of my Island series of romantic suspense novels – “Stowaway on the Island,” poised for launch in the spring of 2022: Judge Luisa Alverez sees beyond her wealthy Latin American roots and strives to help Venezuela live by the rule of law. But robber-baron Hector Pardo knows how

Perhaps the major draws for any visitor to the US or British Virgin Islands are the beaches. Yes, people love the climate, the vivid blues and greens of the sea, and those scrumptious rum umbrella drinks. But they especially adore the beaches of warm, fine, sand, set between clear sky and sparkling ocean. I’ve selected

Characters form the heart and soul of my novels. I develop each one’s biography, including their likes, dislikes, profession, and relationships with other characters. To solidify my vision of the three or four main characters in each story, I add a ‘casting’ photo. I strive for that photo to reflect the character’s personality and their

Most of us know that there are many flowers native to the Caribbean islands and mainland. We are probably not surprised that botanists and others have studied, listed, named, renamed, and catalogued thousands of Caribbean flowers, bestowing native taxa, endemic taxa, and numbering systems, beginning at least by the late 1600s and continuing today. Okay,

Coral – Dangerous Beauty Any Caribbean snorkeler or diver will extol the beauty of coral. They will go on about its grace and its color. But this magnificent creation has its dark side. The stuff is dangerous to humans. I realized this when I was growing up in St. Thomas. Back then, I was a

The Caribbean Mongoose The mongoose has been part of the human story for a long time. It was even a sacred deity in ancient Mesopotamia. Fast forward to the year 1872, when sugarcane was raised in the Caribbean, and rats were eating so much of the crop that profits plummeted. The sugarcane farmers came up

Caribbean Squalls Squalls are intense and short-lived thunderstorms that commonly last less than an hour and are relatively weak. Squalls may turn into powerful supercell thunderstorms and produce tornadoes (called ‘waterspouts’ at sea) and hail, and can last over an hour. Several thunderstorms can combine into a ‘squall line’ that might stretch for hundreds of