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Stories from 2023
9 stories published then.
2023Craft ItCraft ItS is for SpectacularRemember a few weeks ago, when I told you that GB and I are embarking on an eating-better challenge? Remember the ‘Why?’…2023Craft ItCraft ItIt Starts With A Broken ToasterThis all starts in late June 2020, you probably won’t remember what was happening in your life back then unless you look…2023Craft ItCraft ItGive Me A ThreeI want a baby, a third baby. I want the baby to be a girl so I can name her after my…2023Craft ItCraft ItLife LatelyHappy Easter, my dear reader! Send me a smoke signal and tell me where you’re reading this from. I’m always curious to…2023Craft ItCraft ItLetter to my 25-year-old selfDear Bett, I am writing you from the future. You just turned 38 and life looks nothing like what you envision now…2023Craft ItCraft ItA Nasty HangoverI have developed a new habit of switching off my phone before I sleep. It stays off the entire night – sitting…2023Craft ItCraft ItWhat the Dog SawYou know the story. On August 7, 1998, two Al Qaeda suicide bombers detonated a massive truck filled with explosives outside the…
Craft ItBuried or CrematedFriday, late morning, I am at the Hindu Crematorium in Kariokor, right at the fingertips of Gikomba Market. My curiosity has brought…2023Craft ItCraft ItThe Last DanceAs though I haven’t talked about my people enough already, here’s another eye-rolling reminder that I am married to a man whose…
Craft ItBuried or CrematedFriday, late morning, I am at the Hindu Crematorium in Kariokor, right at the fingertips of Gikomba Market. My curiosity has brought…2023Craft ItCraft ItThe Last DanceAs though I haven’t talked about my people enough already, here’s another eye-rolling reminder that I am married to a man whose…