rain at the windows
some one remembers winter...
Sunday savvy
--gillena cox
Many Caribbean people will remember those days of our childhood, when we were (yuk!!!) forced into
drinking potions of well meaning cups of (foul tasting) bush tea for all kinds of disorders, most common of aliments, coughs, colds and fevers. Then we grew up and our travels around planet earth tooks us to various climes, traditions and samplings of cultures and we now encounter the stylish term of herbs. Or we start browsing the grocery counters for all kinds of (alternative medicines) in the form of attractively packaged 'herbal teas' - good anitoxidants, great stess relievers, etc etc and on reading the lables we muse, Oh yes my mum used to give us such and such to drink for such and such ailments.
Why am i talking bush tea and herbs this Sunday? Well, still fresh in my mind is yesterday's Book Club Mingle (a meeting of more than one of our Nalis book clubs) in celebration of our reading the series 'The No 1 Ladies Detective Agency' written by Alexander Mc Call Smith. We skyped the author (he in Edinburgh) and (we here in downtown Port of Spain) and chattered with him about his life his work his passion for writing. The main character in these books, Precious Ramotswe loves and is always drinking or offering to someone cups of red bush tea. Our day's session included a tour of The Nalis building, a session on African wrapping of clothing for head and body styles, a game which quizzed groups on the books in the series, time to intermingle chat and get to know persons from each book club, and a viewing in part of the HBO production of one of the books. How's your weekend going?
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Having read most of Precious Ramotswe's adventures, I too experimented with red bush tea and I loved it. Do try McCall Smith's other series. My favorite is "44 Scotland Street" with the young Bertie as the hero.
ReplyDeleteIn my family it was cod liver oil, but many kids of my generation had to endure castor oil; both, like your bush tea, all-purpose remedies.
ReplyDeleteoldegg, i've read 4 in the series, so far my favorite is Book2 'Tears of The Giraffe'
ReplyDeleteMy book club had a red bush tea tasting last Thursday
glad you stopped by
much love...
Bill; oh i remember 'the castor oil project', we got that just before the going back out to school in the new September terms
ReplyDeleteglad you stopped by
much love...
Bush tea? Better you than me!
ReplyDeleteShadowy Sunrise in Paradise
Sunday smiles; thank you for sharing your link, i visited
ReplyDeletemuch love...
Loved this post, so interesting, just goes to show 'mama knows best' and you don't have to pay a fortune for it....x
ReplyDeleteso often paradise is found in the love of a caring mother, and the comfort of a great book.
ReplyDeletei see you have been pleased by both!
such paradise in remembering,
ReplyDeletei think
{{ yes
yes
i do remember this--->
castor oil
& in my mind's eye
i can see the bottle
even now }}
somepinkflowers
ReplyDeletehappy you dropped in
much love...
Rebecca; happy you dropped in
ReplyDeletemuch love
foxysue
ReplyDeletethanks for stopping by
much love...
I have two more books to read in the series. I'm putting off reading them because I don't want the story to end. I love them. Precious and her tea, so comforting.
ReplyDeleteBarbara @ www.allmylivesnow.com
Barbara thank you for stopping by in chatting with the author at our Skype session, he told us he was writing another one right now; so the series is very much alive; read on
ReplyDeletemuch love...