“Mema, you give up too easily.” This is one of my earliest weirdest and yet unexplained experiences. A girl, who absolutely did not know me, said this to me. She didn’t remember blurting it out right out of the blue when I asked her about it later. A spirit of divination? Perhaps. Anyway, after hearing… Continue reading A Time to Give Up
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A Letter To My 15 Year Old Self
Dear Fifteen Year Old Me, You’re in a new phase of your life, you’re more open now, and you’ve made even more friends. I’m proud of you. But you’ve also embraced sadness as a way of life. You think way too much, and read too much meaning in the smallest of things. You want so… Continue reading A Letter To My 15 Year Old Self
The Damsel and the Divination Part I: Short Fiction
“Sit here. Rub this,” the old woman said. Five year old Eni did what she was told. She sat on a small wooden stool as the old bent woman paced around the little hut, chanting, murmuring, speaking to someone Eni could not see. Suddenly, the woman stopped. A look crossed her face that Eni could… Continue reading The Damsel and the Divination Part I: Short Fiction
Some Like It Hot
Pease porridge hot Pease porridge cold Pease porridge in the pot Nine days old Some like it hot Some like it cold Some like it in the pot Nine days old -(old nursery rhyme) “No. I want it now!” Listen to us, we sound like 4 year olds. I think I’ve said this on… Continue reading Some Like It Hot
