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I’m mad ‘cause I’m one. I’m sane ‘cause I‘m one (but only when playing the game).

I’m alone. I’m standing on a soapbox in the middle of George Town. I’m shouting, “I, Georgina Wilcox, should be the Premier of the Cayman Islands.” If a psychiatrist passed by he would diagnose me as suffering from this or…

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Quit your day job now

Most of us would stop working if we could. Quit immediately and here’s why. 1.         You’ll have more time to devote to reading my articles and columns. This will enable me to become a household name at our unemployment office….

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Does anyone keep a scrapbook anymore?

 “Sadly it seems to be a thing of the past” Do you keep a scrapbook? Have you ever kept a scrapbook? The answer to the first one is probably ‘No.’ The answer to the second depends on your age. I…

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77 NOT OUT

On Joan’s 77th Birthday  lOth Sept ‘11 Seventy-seven and not out is a pretty good  score If I were  playing  cricket  I would  certainly want more But I consider myself lucky to have reached  this age Giving me more time…

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“Oh. He’s an American.”

If sometimes, weighed down with the complexities of their empire now we British have given it up or had it taken away (by the Americans), I wonder if America could be freedom’s fading star? However, the nation is so young…

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I hate dentists

I hate to go to the dentist. When I was young, they used to lie to me to get me there. Of course once I knew what was happening I would throw a crying fit in the car, in the…

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IDs, badges and cards: Do we really need them?

“Excuse me miss, do you have any ID?” How many times in your life have you been asked that?  In my youth – never except when I went to a nightclub. Now, its common place. IDs are significant to the…

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Embroidery Part 2: Education is the Key

I had to leave the Cayman Islands to do some research on a story I wanted to write and was staying near Edinburg, Scotland. Before I departed I found that there were embroidery classes to be had in the area…

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Are there angels around us?

Are there really angels around us? Yes. The room you are in is filled with angels! The next room you go to will be filled with angels and angels will be at your side with every step you take today….

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A tattoo is forever on mummy

Disemboweled and decorated with scarlet paint, a number of tattoos were discovered recently on a mummified Mayan female in Guatemala’s northern jungle next to carved stucco panels depicting gods, cosmic monsters and serpents. Archaeologists said the panoramic tattoos were estimated…