Frederick Darrell tells a story from his childhood in Guyana. His family lived along a small stream in the country. They raised their food including chickens. There came a time when the family noticed they were missing chickens but they couldn’t figure out where they were going. Maybe some were just wandering off or maybe someone was taking the birds. The family never heard any commotion and never found any evidence of theft. One night Frederick was in the yard near the chickens. They had roosted around the stream and on some limbs overhanging the water. Suddenly Frederick hears a splash. Fast movement in the water, a swirl of the water and a few feathers floating down.  Continue reading Gossip →