Mention nursing and so many things come to mind. Some will think of the midwife in the labour ward being so hard on them or their loved one to push the baby. Others will think of the nurse in the theatre in pink sassy scrubs ready for an operation or the one in the general … Read more
“Yoh, me nitakuswop!” Translation: “I’ll swop you!” (The Brit’s version of ‘swap’). If words and faces ever made impressions, this would be the textbook definition. Looking back, this chilly phrase made such a profound impression on the campus band crew. So remarkable was the phrase, it damn well deserves copyright. For such kind of impressions, … Read more
Assignment: twenty-six miles on footHarrowing and tedious it seems, huhNo, piece of caake Watch the leaps and strides in slow-moAnd you misjudge it effortlessBut then step into the legend’s shoes Stride and leap like he doesFeel your heart thudPant and gasp for air Hold your pace and persistKeep movingLet your feet take on the miles … Read more
Here in Juja, there are days when the tropical sun is unforgiving, roasting live skin and ironing worn garments with nature’s uncut cruelty. From afar, it spits innumerable, fiery rays, and watches them launch into Earth’s sky with a daunting smile. The rays strike with insignia; mirages on the wide tarmac and trickles of sweat … Read more
Somehow the finger hovers over the screen, indecisive as a dragonfly of its next move, but ends up swiping and scrolling to the same spot, again! Much like an obsession, whenever the hand gets a hold of the phone, the finger is overcome by an inexplicable frenzy, and all it wants is to dangle its … Read more
“Tang!” The box hit the ground, weighty as a short put ball on the palm of a frail hand. Unsettled by the fall, its elements followed into an immediate tussle. From the short lived turmoil emerged a signature call; a mechanic’s call to work. It’s the one custom all mechanics observe. No serious work is … Read more
They say a smile is the curve that makes life straight Now, let me share with you this little sparkle Give me your minutes, a couple A genuine smile rarely comes by these days But when it does, it is the ultimate show of happiness Happiness emanating from within It’s the glitter of the human … Read more
Give me a song of old Let me listen to it Let me sing along it Let it drive away the cold Let it brighten the day I don’t mind sharing the story of how my first time listening to the muse felt The way it swept me off my feet Blew my mind and … Read more
Moon, I’ve been watching you, and I’ve seen how you lie lazily in the daytime sky, till it’s evening. When the night draws its invincible curtain upon the Earth, there you are, you light up. While other humans may admire your ‘moonlight’, I know at the heart of it, you’re a copycat; the lesser light. … Read more
One of my blogger friends, Njoki, or as she goes by her pen name Rusty Fingers challenged me to start a gratitude journal. Even after writing about gratitude on the lemonade article, I was still grumbling a lot, ha! So I took up the challenge, and while on it stumbled onto my beginnings, as little … Read more