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The Television Remote

When it happens , for a few days it seems like liberation, freedom at last.One can cook whatever they want without having gloomy faces ask Why.One can decide not to make the bed and not face to explain why it is so because for a long time you insisted and actually set the standard. ItContinue reading “The Television Remote”

When broken is stronger!

So I have realised that in my broken state there is some strength that seems to just gush from deep inside me.I am learning each day that it is possible to keep going even though when inside there are shattered pieces. People do all sorts.They try you, they put you in such a position whereContinue reading “When broken is stronger!”

The scotch cart rides

With the advent of technology, the distance between places seems to have become shorter. It may seem like a crazy statement but back in the day, moving from one place to the other took some time.Now someone can wake up in one country and sleep two or more countries away… Interesting … In those daysContinue reading “The scotch cart rides”

Communal eating Part 1

Looked up the definition of eating in the dictionary .Eating is the act of consuming food. That definition fails to fully express what meal times were like during my childhood years when we visited my maternal and paternal grandmothers in rural Shurugwi more than 300 kilometres from Zimbabwe’s capital city Harare. Once we went toContinue reading “Communal eating Part 1”

Loud and blaring!

Loud and blaring! Hearing a neighbour playing loud, no very loud rhumba music , to be specific Kanda Bongoman left me with a smile on my face.Washing my dishes by the sink, it was like he was playing the music just outside my window.The sweet music took me.down memory lane… I smiled , you knowContinue reading “Loud and blaring!”