If you don’t know my origin story, I was born in Trinidad, one half of the twin island Republic of Trinidad & Tobago. As a tall girl who looked older for her age, by the time I was 10 years old I felt exposed. The looks and comments from older members of the...
Every woman has a bad hair day story but for Black women there is ancestral of trauma wrapped up in our hair stories. There is superstition embedded in how our haircare regime because the headspace is scared. All those connections and experiences are laid bare in the...
Last week in May, we were lent a Qashqai to test drive in exchange of a review. The timing couldn’t have been better because we are planning to up-size on our family car. Well, we really put it to the test. After all, what better way to test a car than … ROAD TRIP! We...
I left my heart in Forest of Dean. Since my family and I visited the area Winter 2018, I’m always looking for a way to return. We stayed in Lydney and Puzzlewood was one of the attractions I wanted wanted to visit. Winter 2019 we stayed in Cinderford , but Hubby and I...
The UK is slowly opening from the ridged lockdown rules. Some of us are venturing further away from our immediate neighbourhood. Last Bank Holiday in May, my family and I seized the opportunity to have a much needed getaway. Stayed in Swindon but spent some time in...
It’s easy to turn any day in the life of a Black girl (person) into horror. What I mean is that in our daily interactions, we sometimes have experiences that are varying levels of ‘horror’. The ‘funny’ thing is; we are almost desensitized and dissociated from our...
