three kinds of sunshine   

Remember when you were a child and summer was about turning on the sprinkler and running around the garden with nothing on? Remember the way the soggy grass squeaked under your feet and how wonderful it felt dashing from the warmth of the sun into the shade of the trees? Remember how happy and free you felt? Because it was summer and the sky was blue and it felt better to be naked than have clothes on your body. Well that's how my children feel most days. Because where we liv

Because sometimes you just want a change from shorts. And even though you know, deep down, that you should be celebrating the bright sunny skies and 30 degree heat of a Caribbean November in flippy dresses and sun hats, there's a part of you that misses Autumn. And the seasonal wardrobe it requires. So here's a stylish and cool - in every sense - way to wear jeans in the heat. One/ What you wear on top is crucial here if you want to avoid meltdown. You want the lightest whisp

It's hot again. 31 degrees and very humid. The white wooden shuttered doors are flung open to reveal bright blue sky framed with yellow-green plams. The tropical midday sun casts white blocks of light on the verandah floor. There is nothing unusual about this day. But, having just come back to Barabdos from the UK, it does feel unusual. Strange even, that it's summer now in April. And has been since our arrival 20 months ago. Living in the tropics, in an endless summer, has t