Blog displaying the writings of Austin Mitchell. Here you will find some of my shorter stories, excerpts from my novels and plays. I also plan to write about some Jamaican cooking, both now and in the past. I also intend to do research on the Tainos, the Arawaks and the Caribs.
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Environmental Concerns One Destroying our Forests I am no environmentalist, at least I’ve never gotten any training in any of the relevant disciplines. Nevertheless, I have my concerns. Years ago, maybe it could be the middle sixties I went to this forest in my village. I estimated it to be about fifteen to twenty acres in size. We dug some wild yams, ginger and things that can be put on cuts. I never went back there. A couple of years ago when I asked about the forest, I was told that it had been cut down and replaced with the cultivation of cash crops. I was appalled. How could something like this happen? I don’t know who owns the land on which it was situated. My question is, do the relevant government agencies do a mapping of our forests in order to preserve them?
The Weedmen (The Marijuana Smokers) by Austin Mitchell Salman took another blow off the chillum pipe. Bully was smoking a long stick of weed. Delly and Mendy were the other men in the group of marijuana farmers. Both had marijuana cigarettes. They were way up in the woods of Lobban’s Ridge, about three miles north of Linstead. All four men had fields nearby where they grew legal crops such as cucumbers, callaloo, pak-choi among others. These they sold to higglers or retailed them in nearby districts. Salman was of medium height and was thirty nine years of age. Delly and Mendy were both tall men. Delly was thirty with Mendy being a year older. “Weed here is good weed,” Salman said, taking another blow off the chillum pipe. They saw Mello approaching them. Mello was about the same height as Mendy and was the same age as Delly. “What’s going on, Mello?” Mendy greeted him. Mello removed the marijuana made cigarette from his lips. “Some men went into my field last night. They re...
Hot Nights in the Hills What was a twenty year old man still doing in high school? Alty claimed that he was a slow learner. When the principal learned how old he was he was of a mind to expel him there and then and especially after he learned that a woman from a nearby village was pregnant for him. He has warned Alty that he would definitely be out should he hear about any other women being pregnant for him. Alty is in serious trouble because his baby mother, Cindy, will have her baby while he is still in school. She has told him to leave school and help her mind her baby or else she will take him to the family court. To complicate things his other girlfriend, Darlene is now pregnant. Despite his problems, Alty was still going around with some big ladies like Miss Georgette, Miss Greta and Miss Donnette and also Miss Gibson. Miss Georgette left him after she caught him with ...
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