BARBADAN CULTURE

Although I have been working on my two books almost non stop for the last two years I also  take three or four weeks off to go to Barbados. This is  to partially escape the Canadian Winter, which goes on from December to April. To love Barbados you must  understand  it is a different but great and fun culture the people are usually very friendly and helpful. As an example: I love to snorkel and walk along the beach, things I can no longer due to an infirmity in my legs. Last year we were staying in an apartment around a harbor. Inside the harbor was a swimming pool and I went down into the shallow end. Due to my difficulty in standing, my legs went up and my head went down. This happened three times. My wife was on the balcony and heard me shout for help and said to herself I am sure that is David showing me up again. I later asked why she had not come down to help, to which she replied by the time I could come down it would have been too late. I did make it to the side of the pool and  so, as you can tell by this newsletter, did not drown. On the way back I saw a lifeboat with three guys in it, all in tee shirts and shorts. I asked them where I could borrow or rent a life jacket. One asked another do we have one in the boat?

The answer was no its in the office I will get it. They handed it to me and said you can have it for the rest of the vacation, which meant they were without a life jacket for almost three weeks. The last comment they made was lucky you wanted it today (Monday) as we only go out Monday. If anyone  had need of a lifeboat for the remainder of the week you were out of luck.