First impressions matter. And first impressions remain most of the time. That’s what we carry, and that is normally what we remember of a person, place, thing, object, or scene. We form a mental image of what we have just observed, even […]
Hello, Can Anyone Hear Me? I have been calling for the longest time My voice, troubled with trepidation I have thunderously cried out The echoes reached far and wide But my vent has become hoarse and weak Turning every word into a […]
If you have any knowledge of or speak Italian, then most likely you have heard the expression Lavoro duro come un Negro. The N-word has, or became, a racial slur; we all know that. But that’s the way this Italian expression goes. […]
To be afraid of being judged is to stop living. To be scared of being and feeling different is to stop existing. Shying away from who you are might mean being stuck in the middle somewhere. Letting yourself be constantly negatively reminded […]
‘…Too Much Sun… It’s Not Good For You.’ Being born African with dark skin, I had never, not once, thought that anyone could mistake my skin colour for not being black, until I met a friend’s mother. All her life, this […]
The Happiest Place…and the City of Three Questions Having previously been, three times, to its almost always over-cast, and chilled capital city, and other cities around the country, I was not surprised when it was named the happiest place in the world in […]
Lack of sleep comes without warning for responsible sleepers. One moment you are in a slumber, turning around in bed; the next, you are wide awake. From a deep snooze, you end up with meandering open eyes. It’s as if sleep […]
