Head shake. Another head shake. Yet another head shake, and still a lot more heads on the queue waiting to shake in defiance to the destitute face of the street pauper. Stiff heads won’t tweak a tad. Even their eyes lie frozen; the occasional blink ruled out for a moment. They seem lifeless and unresponsive. … Read more
It starts with rumbles and growls, the kind known as borborygmi in medic jargon. These are the sounding calls of a hungry belly, just about the nicest it gets when time is due for a meal. When the belly is done pleading, things might get a little ‘hangry’. Hunger pangs begin to bite. The belly … Read more
Life on this tiny blue dot of a planet unfolds in successive phases. We all start out the same; as infants, helplessly wiggling limbs around, perhaps to swing our brand new muscles into action. You’d be surprised at how potent a mere swerve of a babe’s fist could be, or how firm its fingers clinch. … Read more
Getting stuck irks, real hard. Sometimes you just look at the screen and feel every cell of your brain starting to shut down. You take breaks thinking you’ll come back refreshed, with a couple hundreds of words to add. Lakini wapi! (To no avail!) Other times you sit for hours typing, but end up with … Read more
Hey, shhh… Shush. Let calm reign. Stick a megaphone into the stillest of sounds. Let them whisper, a little louder. Let the tranquil ambience set in, and soak in it. Therein; peace, safety and wellbeing come rushing to embrace. It’s the healing effect; a sorta afterglow of nature’s magnificent soundscapes. Oftentimes, an obliterating shadow is … Read more
It’s been two years down the line; battling a pandemic so vile it upset the entire human race, and forced its strange way of life onto us. On the first year (2020), we held on to a little hope in the midst of rampage. Some made gains. On the second year (2021), hope grew stronger. … Read more
Bitter, sour and insufferable lemons turned into a favorable cocktail of lemonade. No catchphrase on Earth best captures the notion of turning life’s burdens, pains, frustrations and stresses – call them unpleasantries, into something bearing some ‘positive energy,’ than this: “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” If only lemonade grew on trees in the … Read more
The moment you step into an extravaganza (just a fancy word for an event), and you’re met with an exquisite glamorous ambience, an unearthly thrill overtakes you. The thrill is stubborn to its assignment. It will bolt down into the depths of the ganglia, awakening your nerves to a different world – the sensual world. … Read more
Milk and honey. Unadulterated handiworks of nature. Snow-white and sugar-brown in color, milk and honey make a perfect case for the ultimate sophistication of sheer plainness. Even though nature itself is a multiverse of color; with up to ten million shades the human eye can perceive, some of nature’s members would rather stick to one … Read more
On Thika Road, in the full glare of the tropical sun. Between the lanes, enclosed by the guardrails, the ground was bare and uninspiring, and the road on its sides so dark, lean and annoyingly redundant. It was miles on miles of tarmac and guardrail, save for occasional signs and cameras. The road was at … Read more