Dear Ewan,

Forgot to tell you a couple important things about the bus ride. Corrie Scott went with me. It was her idea to go in a rum shop - honest. Her love of Barbados was manifest in the encyclopedic knowledge she had about buildings and places. Being with her was a real privilege.

She pointed out something that I had failed to notice although once told I saw everywhere. Have you noticed that many houses, particularly chattel houses, are painted some shade between light green and blue on the doorways and windows? And have you noticed the spiky bits often added to the roof of a house? Dem is to ward off evil spirits or impale dem – but yuh know dis nah…

IP