Jessica Dee Rohm Archives - Jessica Rohm https://jessicadeerohm.com/tag/jessica-dee-rohm/ Wed, 13 May 2020 19:40:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Writers Have Fragile Egos and Book Reviews https://jessicadeerohm.com/writers-have-fragile-egos-and-other-brief-insights/ Sat, 14 Nov 2015 15:13:31 +0000 http://jessicadeerohm.com/?p=667 After a snippy response to one of my book reviews I stopped writing them. Several readers commented that they had come to rely on my recommendations, so I’ve decided to begin again. In the meantime, I’ll try to catch up by writing a few lines about the most interesting books I have recently finished: 1. […]

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]]> The Chattel Houses of Barbados https://jessicadeerohm.com/the-chattel-houses-of-barbados/ Fri, 13 Nov 2015 12:57:46 +0000 http://jessicadeerohm.com/?p=651 Interspersed along the coast and found on roads great and small throughout Barbados are small wooden houses called chattel houses. Perhaps because I make my living in real estate I find the concept of a house as personal property rather than real property to be fascinating. The word “chattel” is a derivation of “cattle,” an […]

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]]> The Roundabouts of Barbados https://jessicadeerohm.com/the-roundabouts-of-barbados/ Tue, 12 Nov 2013 12:58:21 +0000 http://jessicadeerohm.com/?p=657 As if it isn’t confusing enough for this American to be driving on the left side of the road rather than the right, Barbados adds the “roundabout” to the mix. Of the several definitions of “roundabout” in the dictionary I suspect “devious” is the most apt. On the ABC Highway alone that runs between the […]

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