The Callaloo Collective is the combination of my two blogs: Callaloo Soup and The organised Crafterbrain.
I started telling stories on my blog Callaloo Soup way back in 2005. It was a peek into my life in France as a new immigrant from the West Indies. It soon morphed into a lifestyle blog, including crafting, and motherhood. Along the way I developed my Organised Crafterbrain site - which helps busy creative people find the time and space to make things they love.
For the last few years I have kept the two sides separate; reading and life style on one side, and crafting on the other, but I know that people don’t separate out their passions, so this community is a reflection of that.
At the heart of it all, I am about inspiring you to be curious about your life, read more diversely, be creative, laugh, and enjoy the simple things.
What’s in the community?
When you subscribe you’ll get weekly 5 things for the weekend letters, bi-weekly essays, membership in the Sister Reads Book Club, and the weekly What’s Happening Wednesday chat.
Paid subscribers will receive exclusive letters about creativity, reading, and general things of interest, and access to the Caribbean Literature Book Club.
Creative Living
A bi-weekly essay and/or resources about creativity and creative living.
The Readers’ Corner
A Bi-weekly essay and/or resources about Caribbean Literature and/or the reading life.
Caribbean Literature Book Club
We’ll read a contemporary Caribbean Literature novel together every quarter. I’ll provide an analysis/review as an essay, as well as discussion questions via the Substack chat.
Whether you stick to the free letters, or upgrade, I want to thank you for letting me hop in your inbox. It means a lot, and I am so thankful for my community.
About Me
I am a passionate, funny, sarcastic and irreverent woman and mother.
I am creative, intense, a reader, a lover of finding beauty in the mundane.
I'm an encourager and nurturer who wants you to do well, and who will meet you where you are.
I am a deep thinker who will shake her booty when her favourite music comes on.
I am a dichotomy wrapped up in transparency and topped off with humour.
