Category Archives: Words

Brightest Spot

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You narrated your shopping list very matter-of-factly. Yogurt, strawberries, milk, cereal. When I mentioned broccoli, you very clearly said no. It was definitely not on your list. This discussion was held at 2056, as we were preparing for bed. The question that had been posed – What will we do tomorrow morning? Supermarket. Then the […]

40 Questions

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I answered these questions back in 2009/2010 and it is amazing to go back and see what has changed and, funnily, what has not. It’s a fun and quick reflective game. I think I will aim to do one every few months, every quarter, to see what changes or disappears from my life. Let’s go… […]

You are Strong

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Strength runs through the steel that is your backbone, holding you up when all else around that spine is collapsing from exhaustion, fatigue, over-stimulation and no rest. They say there is no rest for the weary, but they forget that a heart cannot beat in isolation for a long a time as expected or as […]

Attika

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I have been thinking of you a lot lately. Unusual. I usually think of you as your anniversary date approaches, meaning early November. So this is early. Perhaps because I have been contemplating this idea of fairness in life. It wasn’t fair how you left, when you left, that you left at all. And I […]

Reminisce!

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I just watched a video clip on FB that took me down memory lane. Aurie Styla ponders whether old school dancehall is much better than new dancehall. He breaks into a musical-mime-break and for a minute and a second, as he goes through the playlist below, I am transported back to Nairobi when we were so young. […]

Book Dreaming

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Books. I miss them. Mine are all piled up in a bin from our cross country move and I can’t wait to unpack them all. I am looking forward to either building my own bookshelf (Pinterest and YouTube University really instill a ton of false confidence when it comes to woodworking or DIY) or finding […]