A Much-needed Presence

Mon, Feb 19, 2024

We had it coming. As sure as the hii jua ni ya mvua prophecy. You know that muggy heat that threatens ...

Friend?

Tue, Feb 13, 2024

  Man’s best friend, they said. You tell that to the birds, I was not buying. Every time I saw a ...

I Had One Job

Fri, Aug 25, 2023

“Yes, this is Ms. Kinuthia,” I affirmed and shot back my own question, “Who wants to know?” It was the ...

Turning forty (cue eye roll), who does that?

Thu, Jun 1, 2023

My friend Nora sashayed into the office, and it was obvious that even a cat that had just licked the cream had ...

Farewell, Our Gallant Soldier

Sun, Apr 23, 2023

The sun has set on the earthly life of one steady and gentle soul. I have borne his name for the last ...

Not Soo Fast … It was Fasika!

Mon, Apr 17, 2023

While the rest of you are bustling away, for us in Habesha-land, our world came more or less to a halt. ...

A Burning Bush, Not Quite

Mon, Apr 3, 2023

I prayed As I had A gazillion times before Needle, inch forward, I pled I watched No movement No answer Deeper ...

A Woman of Peace

Sat, Mar 25, 2023

“Wagakūrū arī kīguoya mūno.” Bomb detonates. What? Wagakūrū, a coward? Never. Wagakūrū, otherwise known as Naomi Wairimu and cūcū was ...