Diane M. Hinds

In December 2025, I made a long-overdue decision to return to Trinidad, the island where I lived from 1975 to 1979, and the place my parents called home. My parents grew up as neighbours in St. James. Their life together was shaped by a shared history and a deep calling. Since the age of ten, my ...

After nearly half a century, I had the privilege of returning to Trinidad for the 2025 Christmas and New Year season. Having lived there for four years as a child, I felt a growing pull to revisit my roots and see how the island had evolved. The spark for the trip came from a former neighbor in P...