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Karen 'Lioness' Allen's love for English, history, heritage, and culture of the Caribbean has captured oral history in writing. She was born on the mysterious, tiny, island known as Montserrat, one of the world's best kept secrets. Enter 'The Lure' and experience the myths, legends, culture, folklore, and customs.
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Dancing with the Dead No. 13
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Sometime you have to know where to look to find our hidden gems. Don’t believe me? Check the example in the video below.
Dancing with the Dead No. 12 – New York, A Caribbean Perspective
The big plane slowed for landing at Idlewild Airport, now JFK Airport, in New York. My goodness, what a sight met my eyes. Below there were so many lights and tall buildings. I’d never left the Caribbean before so this was entirely […]
Memories of Boxing Day & Christmas in Montserrat
So, have you ever wondered what it is like to leave the freezing cold and got to Montserrat for Christmas? Here you go… Are you wondering how that vacation ended? I thought so! Thank me later. I know, I know! My Montserrat!!!!
Dancing with the Dead No.11: Montserrat No. 2
As John and his wife sat at breakfast on their first morning, John said to me that he sensed there was an angry spirit on the island. To this I replied that that must be the volcano, and explained about the tragedy of the nineteen deaths in 1997. He said, no, that he knew about the volcano, but that it was something more than that.
Dancing with the Dead No.10: Montserrat
She was just about to continue on to the bathroom, when a tall cadaverous gentleman approached her with his hands held out towards her. In a trance, she stepped into the drawing room and her small hands were lost in his large hands. As she had often done with her grandfather, and as so many children do when dancing with an adult, she put her bare feet on the top of gentleman’s shoes. He spun her around into a whirl of dancing, drawing her further and further into the crowd of partygoers. The music played on.
Episode 6: Tinsley’s Secret!
Instead of being driven away by fear, the opposite was happening to Tinsley. She was being drawn to it. She just needed to know what it was, what it could be. The closer she got to the rock, the brighter the object and surrounding water seemed to glow.
Dancing with the Dead No.8: Grenada (1951 – 1955) No. 3
For years I puzzled as to why our house roof remained intact and I finally asked Mammy. It was not by chance or good fortune she said. Through the years she had learned to open one window on the lee side of the storm, and when the eye passes over, during the lull, close that window and open a window on the opposite side of the house. In doing that, the build-up of pressure in the house is released and so the roof stays on. Of course this would not work if a hurricane-spawned tornado struck, but it did not happen to us, thank God!
I’m having a moment…
I just wanted to let you know that I’ve watch this video repeatedly! Don’t hate! That’s me!
Have you seen the secret side of Montserrat?
Have you seen the secret side of Montserrat? Look! Photo Credit: Ryan Schuessler
The Jumbie
Understandably, his heart was raising in his chest; threatening, with no uncertainty, to burst directly through his chest plate.
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