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Continue reading →: Words: Conversation: Inspiration
2 – Words: Conversation: Inspiration My sister woke me at the crack of dawn today. I don’t do well with mornings without coffee. This determined fire cracker got me out of bed, dressed, and out the door…all these without a cup of coffee. I give her props for the feat. I’m…
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Continue reading →: Sweet Six O’clock Sleep
1 – The Great Robbery of Sweet Six O’clock Sleep A bird whistles in the distance, melodious beauty cuts through the heavy veil of sleep. Senses alert, the freezer in the living room hums to life. A series of mechanical whirls fill the silence of the house. They said the thing would…
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Continue reading →: Waiting
Waiting …because, A Savage Need fills the mind, the heart, the body, Violently tight, deep inside, still, can’t break through, to the other side. …because, the other side seems happy, filled with smiles, in their minds, their hearts, I think, ‘Why can’t I break through to the other side?’ Yes…this…
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Continue reading →: Pottery – Art for SustenanceAdventures in Nairobi led me to a wonderful community center in Eastleigh that does pottery to help fund their projects and support the less privileged. The Eastleigh Community Center has a full-fledged Pottery Workshop that produces gorgeous pottery pieces they sell to support the center. We got the chance to…
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Continue reading →: True Love
True Love Expects Nothing in Return – Okawa Ryuho
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Continue reading →: The Virgin Journey – Book ReviewThe Virgin Journey Book Review Gary Stokes is a struggling young American, who then lands a job with a press bureau based in East Africa and an expatriate is born. Gary moves to Kenya, meets a fellow reporter, Guy, who helps him adjust to his new life. Cue in intimidating…
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Continue reading →: You I Love -I’ll Always RememberWhen those we love are gone, The pain like a deep hole, inflates so wide, A new world starts, one without, a world alone, Still…no one knows or understands, This pain, how it yawns ahead like an abyss… When those we love are gone, One, Two, then Three years,…
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Continue reading →: Live this New YearHappy New Year! As always, resolutions are flying around me, from friends and family, I sincerely hope they are met. I love a new year. It always feels like a time to leave the old behind and embrace the new. New things, ideas and meet new people. It’s also a…
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Continue reading →: Weathering the Storm – MothThis beautiful Moth was right outside our door this morning. It weathered a stormy night. Still, the colors are beautiful.
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Continue reading →: EA Friday Feature Anthology – September IssueEA Friday Feature Stories – September Issue Twenty Flash Fiction stories with a dash of Romance, Crime, Vice and Contemplative moments in the September 2015 East Africa Friday Feature. Stories from East Africa.The EA Friday Feature is a circle of 5 writers who write flash fiction stories of only 1,000…
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