A Travelogue of Sad Truths II: Conversations with an outlier

This is a follow-up to the previous blog post. Although you can jump right in and start reading, I will recommend you read the previous blog post first. It will make better sense. You can find it here.  xxxxxxxxxxxxxx They say return journeys are easier to make. I agree. Prediction makes it easier to…

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On Life and Living: A Travelogue of Sad Truths

Once upon a time, a young city girl travelled with her uncle on a distant journey. On their way, they passed through a rural area that had such profound impact on her that it changed the way she saw things. She confided in me, just as I intend to confide in you. If you don't mind a few minutes …

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Memo: On Self-Preservation

There is something about self-preservation that extends to the things we own. Especially the best of them all. We hold on to them and hope they last forever. They cannot. We know this. But we try nonetheless. We stretch and pull, until they thin out. Our gold comes to mind. Other valuables too. We …

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On why you should not be Woman (II): A Tale of Grief.

There is something sad about hospitals. A heavy sense of foreboding. A tale of sad tidings. An overshadowing cloud of doom.  And if you ask the necromancer, the lingering of ghosts. But we need not be necromancers to agree. We saw it for ourselves. You and I , in ward 3, Room A10 of something - somet…

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ON WHY YOU SHOULD NOT BE WOMAN

In the spirit of international women's day - which I know possessed me late - I decided to write a woman-themed story. To show its contrition, this spirit has decided to stay the rest of the month and make all my March stories female focused.  (Pauses for a minute silence to let the  feminists&#…

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