“Blooming from Brokenness: One Woman’s Rise from Despair to Divine Purpose”

During my usual browsing of the Internet I came across an interesting headline, Europe’s Last Witch, on MSN.com. Being a curious person I wanted to know more about this woman and why she was deemed a witch. While expecting to read something current, it turned out her story spans centuries. Based on what I found out, the woman, Anna Göldi or Göldin according to some sources had her head cut off on charges of witchcrfaft. Sadly, her story came about because of a love affair. Aparently, Anna had a relationship with her married boss. When Anna threatened to make the affiar public, her boss, Johann Jakob Tschudi made a public outcry that she was a witch. Tschudi said that Anna used supernatural powers to put needles into the milk and bread of his daughters. Göldi was exonerated by the Glarus (Switzerland) government in October 2008. This brought to mind a discussion I just had with a member of the clergy. A pastor decided to go outside of his marriage and started a relationship. Apparent...

I am always happy for the success of others, but as a child growing up in Jamaica there are a lot of things my mom taught me. One of them was that ‘Manners take you through the world” and another, “Money don’t buy class.” If you want to be a celebrity, you know that you will be in the public eye and what that entails. So, by all means try to separate your private life from the public, but please show some class in the process. A video from a Fox 5 More interview showed Miss Knowles accusing an interviewer of being unprofessional. Unfortunately for Solange…excuse me – Miss Knowles - the discussion she lambasted the reporter about wasn’t even part of the interview being aired. I wouldn’t even have been bothered if Solange had apologized when she realized that she didn’t have any reason to get in a tizzy. Wasn’t she prepared for just about any questions surrounding her famous sister and her husband, Hip Hop mogul, Jay Z? I don’t know who the reporter was, but she showed class and professi...

I burst out laughing when I saw this statement in a study online while doing some research for another article. Thanks to a younger sister I found out that texting was much cheaper than calling so I’ve become a text junkie. My family is pretty big so I do quite a lot of calling and being all over the place, these calls can lead to hefty bills. Now, suppose my husband was the suspicious type and was already curious about my new addiction to texting…after reading an article such as that he may have well wondered. Really though, it’s not that funny when you stop to think about it. A lot of relationships may come under scrutiny and be tested because one of the partners suddenly realizes that the other is texting quite a bit. I know quite a few females who constantly check their partner’s cell phones for text messages and or frequently called numbers. Some get all upset and challenge them on their findings, others say nothing, but keep the information for ammunition later on. One word of ad...

I had the pleasure of interviewing a Jamaican chess player whose dream for Jamaica is hinged on introducing the game to all and sundry. Ian Wilkinson, a Jamaican lawyer and president of the Jamaica Chess Federation, is the brains behind Magnificent Chess. Magnificent Chess is an endeavour which is seeking to get chess included on school curriculum across the length of Jamaica. Through his company, Magnificent Chess, Wilkinson hopes to teach chess to all who want to learn. This he says will result in a more educated populace which will result in a transformation of Jamaican citizenry like nothing ever seen before. He has started this project in the schools with startling success so far. This brilliant son of Jamaica has had to be operating mostly out of pocket currently as the demand has been greater than he anticipated since sponsorship received so far is inadequate to cover the cost of the programme. However, he is willing to make this sacrifice because he believes in this vision and ...