Tribute to Phyllis Eleazar

Tribute 

Phyllis was a woman with a sense of practicality and a no-nonsense approach on

many issues and positions. She was also full of empathy for humankind in her

daily attitude in approaching matters.  Phyllis was also a true family person, and faithful to friends. There was also a mischievous side to

Phyllis which I will tell about. 

I will illustrate two stories which speak about Phyllis not in entirety, however these two stories have a nice sense of her humorous side.

My dad George now passed promised to buy a new Bicycle for me. Before he

went to the store, he picked up Cousin Phyllis from work at the Canadian High

Commission . Now I can only imagine the conversation between them. Phyllis:

“You must be Mad, You gon buy Rowan a new bicycle? They gon teef it. Come leh

we go to Joee, he does have some good second hand bicycles.” 

Later they picked me

up from Tutorial High school drove me to Joees second hand and bicycle repairs.   I

was stunned the bike was an old time “Preggie” - woman’s bike - converted to a

man’s bike with a welded bar across. The good news is when I took her home I got

a few laughs;  then along with my friends in the neighborhood we painted her yellow and

called her Yellow Bird. Yellow Bird became a hit.

Phyllis was mischievous and a prankster.  

Much earlier in Campbellville there was a famous trench we called Milky. Now Milky flooded every rainy season and the boys in the neighborhood honed their swimming skills there. Swimming with only our

Buckta (underwear) or naked. 

On one of these swimming escapades we hid our cloths under some shrubs. 

The mischievous prankster Phyllis struck!   She crept under the shrubs where our clothes were hidden, stole them and took them home.  

 What a dilemma we faced; the prospect of going back home pants-less and naked!

But that’s another story.

Phyllis we love you

Attached to blog is art Unity. Unity is on sale for $400.00. Also attached link to website Marabunta enterprise. There you can find link to book I Remember Christmas. You may also inbox me for details on art and book I Remember Christmas. https://www.marabuntaenterprise.com/