I promised myself that this year I would attempt to shed my ‘nice’ image. I don’t mean that I would not be nice anymore, but that I would live my life to the fullest edging towards skirting any obstacles or any rules that could be flexibly interpreted. I noticed that, in the past, I tended […]
Warm and golden, the taste lingers days on from the moment. Welcomingly tender, surprisingly more enticing than expected… the heat flooded in, coffee-tinged, warm and delicious. Astonishingly sensual and now… feverishly anticipated.
Blue. That is what stands out for me in Addis Ababa. Not to say that the entire city is blue but the taxi cabs and some of the public buses are blue. And vintage. I spent a long time trying to sort out what type of cars were in use as taxis. They looked like […]
I have no other words but these to say to you. I have missed you. I don’t plug in as much as I should Perhaps life has gotten in the way more often than we planned. Perhaps we both changed over time. Or perhaps we slipped away from each other… let me rephrase that with […]
So many things rush doggedly together within me I am not afraid yet there is the acrid taste of fear swirling in my too-dry mouth and choking off my air Is this anxiety or just discomfort at the status quo, with how up-in-the-air everything is. They say everything must fly up at some time, before […]
My journey to Ethiopia begins in 18 days. I was stuck at a crossroad a few weeks ago when I happily accepted a year-long public health director position for a very small organization that operates in three countries in Eastern Africa because, a few days later, out of the blue, I received a request for […]
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Love, Loss, and Life's Adventures
The heart harries the mind to tarry; only dead fish go with the flow
The dream is free; the hustle is sold separately
Tales of humour, whimsy and courgettes
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mkhana in transit 
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