Naturally Speaking

In our daily walk along Horseshoe Bay, we have become intrigued by a colony of chitons or, as Bermudians call them, suck rocks (Chiton tuberculatus in formal parlance), half-hidden on one side of a rocky crevice at the far eastern end of the beach. There must be at least 28 of these marine molluscs clustered together, almost but not quite flush with the surface of the rock face. We can see only the dorsal side of each chiton—an oval, convex…

August 2, 2022

Written by: Elizabeth Jones

Illustration by: Katherine Summerville

Beguiling Bougainvillea

This article was taken from our archives. It first appeared in the winter 2006 issue of The Bermudian. It appears here exactly as it did originally. Maybe Hurricane Florence wasn’t as vicious as Fabian of 2003 fame. But she did…

July 26, 2022

Written by: Elizabeth Jones

Naturally Speaking

Ode to Toads

This article was taken from our archives. It first appeared in the Fall 2007 issue of The Bermudian. It appears here exactly as it did originally. People, I have noticed, are rarely indifferent to our toads: they either love them…

January 17, 2022

Written by: Elizabeth Jones

Illustration by: Christine Watlington

Naturally Speaking

A Year of Abundance

The downside of COVID travel restrictions has meant we have largely been stuck on the rock, missing out on new experiences and different scenery in foreign lands. However, there has also been an upside. Judging from numerous online conversations and…

December 21, 2021

Written by: Elizabeth Jones

Naturally Speaking

Pondering Petunias

I will always be grateful to petunias for getting me back to a pursuit I had followed as a child: gardening. I’m grateful as well to a friend and former teaching colleague who in the mid-’80s gave me the six-pack…

January 20, 2019

Written by: Elizabeth Jones

Illustration by: Christine Watlington

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Signs of Autumn

Now that the fall is once again upon us, I can’t help thinking poetry. Lines from two Caribbean poems come to mind. Jamaican poet H.D. Carberry begins his “Nature” with: “We have neither summer nor winter/neither autumn nor spring.” Valerie…

September 23, 2018

Written by: Elizabeth Jones

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