(First of all, I’m hoping that this offering is one of my lazy-days, time-out pieces.)
Hundreds of thousands of Guyanese citizens live in the United States of America and Europe. Many local impressionable mindsets probably yearn to be there too – physically. Not making it yet, they therefore get there, psychologically. American styles, behaviours, events, even accents are imported here. I’ll fight a battle, however waning, to preserve Guyanese cultural traditions and identity. So I say “July-August school holidays” – not “su—-r”. (I’ll however keep an eye and ear out for our Guyana fall/autumn and winter. You never know – with the present local dot-com generation, advertisers and media.)
Frankly Speaking, this is my annual July/August nostalgia, as I recall the beautiful school vacation period past generations enjoyed. Really enjoyed. (Do today’s youths really live their school break in such a manner as to find clean fun, to be creative, to explore and to
