A solitary walk … It appears today, that the only thing certain is the uncertainty of the following day. But even so, in this time of a huge void in our social interactions, the accompanying ennui, anxiety and various other psychosomatic effects that seem to have surfaced, it got me thinking about hope and…
Locating spirit in community through sewing a straight line ======
The situation since January 2020 concerning Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) was very dismal, especially for health workers that were in the midst of treating people infected with the novel corona virus (nCoV) or SARS-CoV-2. When the United States experienced an N 95 respirator crisis earlier this year, it was quite painful to see the…
A Kenyan Malaika, death, resurrection and life
It is Easter Sunday. In Pre-Viral times, the big stores employed a multitude of tempting stratagems which would have served as a reminder, as they usually did months in advance of any contemporary festival. The Easter Bunny on the fire truck yesterday also made it quite loud and clear, or this Sunday too would not…
Remembering, while on the precipice of change – Lockdown Essays
Tangled branches ~ DES A strange world it appears to be now, on the precipice of change. A few months hence, everything will perhaps be unrecognizable from what it has been before; the way we work, the way we relate, the way we live. At this point of time as a socially distant being, I…
A day during Lockdown; like all good days …
… I lie supine on the carpet, contemplating continuing the yogic corpse pose for longer than twenty seven breaths and my beloved brings me my morning tea. Here comes the sun to a warm Saturday; I notice the tea has ginger. I am touched, he heard me cough a bit as I woke up that…
A walk with Ali Farka Touré, the farmer who communed with spirits
As I walked out of a mental quagmire of assimilated media assertions, booming statistics, opinions and analyses of the dire situation the world faces, I realised I missed my grandmother’s 4th death anniversary in April. My brother spent a good five minutes in a welcome, but guilt inducing conversation that he most definitely revelled in,…
