Thoughts of a minibus traveller

     The Dog  Pete is one of the rescue dogs at Hope for Animals Inc in Lusignan and he comes and jumps up on me and I do this kind of fake embrace to say nice to meet you but don't come too close because I am not one of those people who love love love dogs and cats and animals.    But many dogs and some cats don't really seem to care and in my self-righteous way I think okay since they say that animals know nice people and so,  then I must be a nice person then and this picture could be used to get votes and so on when I run for President.   Two visitors from France who love animals, both vegetarian for animal rights, said yes to going up to Lusignan.  Big smiles and watery eyes when they met some of the animals which Genevieve "Judy" Beepat single-handedly cares for - over 50 dogs and over 50 cats. Judy knows their names, histories, personalities I am a bit nervous as I wonder if any of them would attack me given some of their ...

Stabroek News 16 June, 2007  Letter to the Editor  "Is who you really think you is?" was the only reaction I ever had to the first letter I wrote to Stabroek News way back in the 1990s. The letter was sent via fax in those days. I was happy that at least one person read the letter.  Many people have paid tribute to Stabroek News since news of their closing hit us. Many people have talked about the letters to the editor section especially.  Stabroek News has published many letters which I have written.  Many people have told me that they read the letters. Others said they hear I write some letter and I would then send the link to them. Stabroek News has also not published a few letters - at one point I thought they were not publishing the letters I wrote about the alcohol industry and its contribution to our alcohol problem in Guyana. I wrote in the third person, or sometimes, in the first person plural 'We' not as in the royal 'We' but hoping that I could inc...