You can get almost anything you want in the Spanish Town Market. - Andrew Smith/Photography Editor

Dear Robert,

Whoever taught you to write certainly did a good job.

A phrase like "I reaffirmed my disinterest" is a golden nugget. By the way, what does a combination of "day-old roast beef and bulk syrup" smell like?

Keep it up man. I enjoy reading you.

L.R.

Dear Robert,

As a Jamaican living in Pennsyl-vania, I truly look forward to your column. I really feel like I am walking with you in the towns and listening to people. Also, I appreciate that you and The Gleaner quote people in patois. Nothing is more genuine and reflects the spirit of our people.

S.H.

Dear Robert,

You always manage to brighten dull Thursdays with your "light" presentation of the not-so-talked-about people/places of Jamaican life. Write on!

D.T.W.

Kingston

Dear Robert,

I read your story this morning and got my first laugh for the day. It was so funny!

Keep up the good work!

G.W.

Dear Robert,

While perusing The Gleaner online, I came across your article.

What a remarkable and fascinating piece of writing! It immediately transported me back to the time when I was much younger and brought to Jamaica for the first time by my mother.

You captured the essence of the people. You made me feel as if I were there again, just arrived, among my mother's people, remembering the way they spoke and how they would gather around a stranger (me) - making this 'foreigner' feel uncomfortable, at first, but then growing to love them before I left.

I just wanted to thank you for your writings and to let you know that I shall keep an eye open for your reports and, no doubt, continue to enjoy them.

P.S.

England, UK