My Relationship With Rice

A staple in my life and in Guyana

By Tracey Dos Santos — Tracey Dos Santos, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1036106

Guyana — a land nestled in a corner of South America

I saw this picture of rice farming in my homeland of Guyana, and I almost cried at its unmistakable beauty and the memories it evoked.

As a girl, I gazed at similar images many times throughout the years.