While Carnival Is Our Therapy, We Wining, We Jammin - Come Ash Wednesday 2026, the Sobering Truth.
Grace Notes · Reflection + Reality Check While Carnival Is Our Therapy, We Wining, We Jamming. Come Ash Wednesday 2026, the Sobering Truth. Trinidad Left Out. Energy Maps Redrawn. Washington and Caracas Reroute Venezuelan Oil. “De place could bun down, we jammin still.” That line has always carried more than music. It’s a philosophy. Fire in the background, rhythm in the foreground, and a quiet understanding that we survive by moving — even when the ground beneath us feels uncertain. This Carnival season, I’m watching from a distance. Born of Trinidad and Tobago. In my blood forever. Missing the pulse, the crowd sway, the steelpan that rearranges your heartbeat. So in the middle of soca and bacchanal , when posts start flying across my screen about oil routes, power shifts, and Trinidad bein...
