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About a decade ago Lindell Foster was working towards a university degree when her husband Kris was made redundant.
She worked two jobs to help pay for the IT programme he enrolled in overseas; due to a lack of time and money, her own studies fell of...
DATE: May 20, 2021
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On May 12, nine years ago, I first came to Bermuda while working on a cruise ship.
The day I came ashore, I fell in love with this stunning and exquisite island – and my future husband. It was love at first sight.
On the ship, I had visited many isl...
DATE: May 20, 2021
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Community
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AUTHOR:
Nina London
On her 88th birthday, Betty Smith woke to messages on Facebook and WhatsApp.
By the end of May 3 she’d received more than 200 phone calls, the most distant came from an old family friend living in South Korea.
Although out enjoying the day with her d...
DATE: May 19, 2021
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Community
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AUTHOR:
Jessie Moniz Hardy
One of the more interesting challenges of being an idea person is that you never quite know what crazy notion is going to pop into your head from one moment to the next.
You have to learn to pick and choose which ideas to share with others, what to s...
DATE: May 18, 2021
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Community
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AUTHOR:
Robin Trimingham
Just in time for boating season, Sail Bermuda has a new catamaran.
Caleb and Marilyn Zuill only wish she hadn’t taken such a roundabout route.
The couple bought Elusive in Grenada in November, 2019. Their idea was to use her to expand their boat char...
DATE: May 18, 2021
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Community
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AUTHOR:
Jessie Moniz Hardy
Some days I get that ’only in Bermuda’ experience, which is always entertaining and leaves a smile on my face.
Here’s one of those stories.
Several years ago I was seeing patients in clinic. Normally, when the next patient arrives, you get a little ...
DATE: May 13, 2021
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Community
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AUTHOR:
Lucy Richardson
Regulars on the No 2 bus out of Hamilton will likely remember Lynette Waldron.
For more than 20 years she was a favourite with Paget Primary School and Gilbert Institute students especially, making them cookies every week, dressing in costume and ens...
DATE: May 12, 2021
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Community
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AUTHOR:
Jessie Moniz Hardy
“The bamboo that bends is stronger than the oak that resists.” Japanese proverb
Considering everything that we have been through in the last year, if you had to choose, in hindsight would you say it’s better to be flexible or resilient?
Depending on ...
DATE: May 11, 2021
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Community
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AUTHOR:
Robin Trimingham
It is 6.30am. I am looking out the window to the east; vibrant orange stripes radiate upwards through the sky over a calm, glassy ocean. Soon the sun will rise on a day filled with possibilities!
I am thinking that it is time for Bermuda to rise and ...
DATE: May 06, 2021
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Community
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AUTHOR:
Nina London
In 1979 Christine Atcheson’s life was a mess.
She had been on the island for three years. Her husband had abandoned her and returned to the UK; she had a toddler to raise on her own.
In order to deal, she “went full-on into recreational drugs and al...
DATE: May 05, 2021
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CATEGORY:
Community
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AUTHOR:
Jessie Moniz Hardy