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So, describe Claudette Ubekha<br />
Charles?<br />
I am an inquisitive free spirit, who is<br />
an adventurous, sometimes silly, bighearted,<br />
self-aware, strong-willed,<br />
imaginative soul. In my ideal world, I<br />
would live by my own rules, eliminate<br />
clocks, sleep in the daytime and work<br />
at night. I would travel to every<br />
destination on the planet and write<br />
about it.<br />
Lol. An interesting person you are<br />
Bekha. So, where do you live now?<br />
I was born in St. Lucia, grew up in<br />
Brooklyn, lived in Fort Lauderdale for a<br />
number of years, and currently live in<br />
St. John’s Antigua.<br />
Ahh, it isn't any wonder this globetrotter<br />
considers herself a citizen of the world. So at<br />
the age of 10 you left St. Lucia to reunite with<br />
your parents. What was your first day like in<br />
the Big Apple?<br />
My sister and I arrived in February of 1978 in<br />
the middle of a blizzard, so getting used to the<br />
snow and the extreme cold was one of the<br />
most difficult things for us from the very start.<br />
I can only imagine. What was it like seeing or<br />
playing in snow for the first time?<br />
The very next day after arriving, my sister and I<br />
padded up with our new snowsuits and<br />
mittens and went out to play in the snow. I<br />
remember taking our gloves off to get a better<br />
feel of the snow and to make snowballs. Our<br />
hands got so red and felt like they were on fire,<br />
lol, that we quickly ran up, back to our
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