The Betty Black Blog

The recent article in all the media regarding Bolt adopting a cheetah cub, that is paying for its upkeep, has made me think on something that has bothered me for a great many years. Hope Zoo.
I first visited Hope Zoo the very week it opened. I could not have been more than five or six [...]

We all watched in utter amazement last February when our very own Dogsled Team, driven by the smiling Newton Marshall, took part in the Yukon Quest, a thousand mile journey in -30ºF temperatures between Fairbanks, Alaska and Whitehorse in the Yukon. To the World’s amazement (but not ours) our team came in at 13th place. [...]

Over the centuries, Jamaica has attracted many an adventurous soul from far away. Some come to stay; some stay a while then continue on their journey. There’s been Henry Morgan and Horatio Nelson; there’s been Errol Flynn and Ian Fleming and many more not quite so famous. Nor have all these interesting visitors been from [...]

“Stand Up Against Poverty!”

Most of us spend at least half of our working day in front of a computer then, when work is done, our “recreation” often also involves sitting at a computer.
We read about people in need, worthwhile causes, and we think: “I really should do something.” Most of the time we don’t.
Do you realise that there [...]