News From Albert Scanterbury
I was was soon to receive a letter from my father from Brooklyn by way of my old friend and neighbor Albert Scanter bury- But more importantly for me was how that letter would become an answer to my...
View ArticleA Visit to Old Ma Bea
By then all I could remember of Ma Bea was that she was Albert’s mother,” and how she had always said to me, “Albert not home son!” For me she was the only one who could find Albert, or tell … Continue...
View ArticleThe Mysterious Letter
As Ma Bea handed me the mystery missive from my father she then continued saying, “You write ya fada chile, For I have this letter a long time and Albert he keep telling me he could not find you no …...
View ArticleAn Unopened Letter
That afternoon I hurried back to my garage, for I thought of never responding to my father or taking him up on anything he had to offer. This resolve not to respond to him set me free forever and I …...
View ArticleGetting My Freedom Back
Throughout this time of setting up my garage routine and taking in new customers I never lost sight of regainng my freedom, I had placed Pug- La China- on the back burner. She had, however, been...
View ArticleThe Girl from Bamboo Lane
While living in Panama City Pug would now show up looking for me accompanied by her “forever friend” I only knew as the Bamboo Lane girl. I strongly suspected that Pug had me set up to have a date with...
View ArticleA Career Turn Around
During these crucial times of considering my career options, whether to push to get on the Governor’s list of teacher appointees for the Province of Bocas del Toro or to travel to New York City at my...
View ArticleBlack Ethnicity Month Celebration in Panama 2017- Itinerary
Allow us to share the preliminary Etnia Negra activity announcements in the month of May for 2017 The post Black Ethnicity Month Celebration in Panama 2017- Itinerary appeared first on The Silver...
View ArticleA Couple and Baby Makes Family
At that turning point in my life I was even considering returning to live my aunts and grandmother from whence I had vowed I would never return rather than face my new responsibilities for another...
View ArticleBattling Disappointment
At this point it occurred to me many times to leave Panama City and go back to Bocas to work for the United Fruit Company. However, I remained in my old Twenty Five Street neighborhood to make sure I...
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