My own trumpet, before and beyond Jubilee

 -Primo passes pellets

Most of you will bear with me and this short sharp blast on my own personal trumpet.  (Sometimes if you fail to recognise your own worth and contributions no one else will; self–respect might even earn external respect/appreciation?)

But perhaps in keeping with Historian/President Granger’s penchant for a renaissance in terms of national heritage and identity, this is a mere auto-biographical snapshot of my perspective on being a cultural patriot, a steadfast citizen.  In spite of the political selfishness and mis-management that has kept us behind the socio-economic development of even some little islands  – with scant resources – in our sphere of the geographic hemisphere.

You and I can remain Guyanese right here.  And it’s not that I do not appreciate people’s reasons for migration.  Perhaps my ambitions were/are quite limited.  At my age and current outlook I know I’ll find it extremely challenging to live anywhere else for more than