They say be careful what you wish for !

(Photo: Catherine Emmanuel - Researcher; Malik Hossein - Business Support; Rany Ly - Technical Co-ordinator, during the snow storm on March 1st 2007.)

As you all know, I wished for snow. It came, in spades: I am not complaining!

We're all doing very well here.

I want to thank lovely Canadian singer/songwriter Cheryl Beatty for letting us use her beautiful song Breathe in "A Winter Tale".

In other newz...

* My friends at the Caribbean Studies Programme of U of T are having a rich & spectacular event in celebration of Miss Lou called

"COLONIZIN IN REVERSE - Louise Simone Bennett: A Commemoration"

When: March 9, 2007
Where: William Doo Auditorium
45 Willcocks Street
Doors: 7pm

featuring an extraordinary line-up of artists including:

Lillian Allen
Owen Blakka Ellis
Maud Fuller
Denise Jones
Mervyn Morris
Mutabaruka
Djanet Sears
Quammie Williams and the Jump Music Collective

RSVP da.trotz@utoronto.ca 416 978 8286

* Osaze Dolabaille, a Trinidad-born poet who has just recently self-published here in Toronto will be launching "Rebirth of the Warrior Poet" on Sunday April 8th, with Dwayne Morgan and Dr. Rita Cox making guest appearances.

Keep well and best wishes,