INSPIRED BY THE OLD TRAVELLER'S REST!

Interim "Traveller's Restaurant" (post old "Traveller's Rest")

I STAY

by Fay Knowles

(Written in a “moment of passion” on our way home

from the old "Traveller’s Rest" a few years ago!)

Sometimes I yearn for other shores

Where book stores and libraries abound

And everything is clean and tidy.

I see the litter beneath our rustling palms

And hear about another shooting…..drugs.

Then we stop to eat at Traveller’s Rest

On the western shores of Nassau city.

Waitress Iris hugs us.

A Bahamian gal greets her brothers.

Kisses them……family love.

We walk to our car on the edge of the sea -

The sea shimmering in natural night light.

The sky still red. And I want to stay.

Picture my house on top of a hill

In Long Island, Southern Bahamas.

No crime. No litter. Just peace.

Tranquillity, white beaches, blue water

Writing on my laptop

From my balcony with an ocean view.

I do not leave. I stay………..

Footnote: 2015 Tribune article about Traveller's Rest now back in the family

COCOPLUMS – YUM YUM!

A Cocoplum

On New Providence at this time of year, Bahamians can often be seen along the roadsides where cocoplum trees are growing. The trees flourish in low lying areas where rain water settles. There are many along the airport road.

A cluster of Cocoplums

Erskine loved picking the little cocoplums on Long Island, while he was growing up. In those days the children didn’t have many manufactured sweets, which was probably a good thing! The Long Island families lived off the land and the sea – a very healthy life.

More information about Cocoplums here

CUTTING A WATERSPOUT!

The violent thunderstorms yesterday had our social media buzzing. Erskine said he spotted waterspouts in the distance as he was passing the Lynden Pindling Airport, not AT the airport as someone from here told an American TV station when they sent them a photo of a waterspout mistakenly described as a tornado forming!

Cars were lined up on the airport road, residents fascinated by nature’s powerful formations. The waterspouts didn't come on land, but stayed out on the sea.

When he was a growing up on Long Island Erskine says they used to “cut” the waterspouts as they appeared in the distance. One of the ways they did this was by pointing their arms towards the waterspouts and using a cutting motion with one wrist across the other. Other methods were to use two sticks or a fork and knife. Erskine says he doesn’t know if it was coincidence, but the waterspouts would dissolve!

Click here for a Tribune article "Waterspouts over Lake Killarney"

"HAUNTED CRUISE" BY TANYA R. TAYLOR COMING SOON!

I can hardly wait for "HAUNTED CRUISE" by bestselling Bahamian author Tanya R. Taylor, coming May 22nd! The title alone is enticing! I have read all of Tanya R. Taylor’s books and loved them all, so I know this will be another terrific read!

“The trip was supposed to be a routine one for the crew -- simply work as usual. However, it's bound to be one unforgettable journey across the deep, blue sea.

Will they survive the upcoming terror?”!

Available right now for pre-order at the following stores:

BARNES & NOBLE

APPLE IBOOKS

KOBO