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Drought and Hemorrhage
Our bodies are amazing things. The female body even more so. I was not prepared when I started to menstruate. Yes, the breast buds had appeared but they essentially were not noticed. The hairs too. But there’s no way of being ignorant of your menses. How old was I? Nine? Ten? Anyway, I was young. […]
Earthquake Scare – Ghana on edge
So in my last post, I reflected on the situation in Haiti being made worse because an unpredictable natural disaster compounded poverty, poor infrastructure, and political corruption. I wondered if other impoverished countries in this world would have been prepared especially countries known to be seismic zones…like Ghana. That was just an intellectual exercise. So […]
Haiti revisited
I think of myself as being able to accept the possibility that I am wrong and others right. 🙂 I believe that others are entitled to their opinions just as I am to disregard them. Which is why as ludicrous as it was, as trivial as the comment given the magnitude of the disaster in […]
Haiti – Charity through text messages
A few days ago, I read an article in the New York Times describing the “ever-accelerating pace” of technological advances that is creating “mini-generation gaps” concluding that “younger generations are going to have some very peculiar and unique expectations about the world”. These newest generations, the article went on to say, “will expect an instant […]
Pleasurable DMV visit
Have you ever walked into a DMV and then walked out in a good mood? The last time I went to a DMV was the first time (and only…so far) a policeman ever stopped me. It was pouring rain but I had managed to have a quieter day on the consult service, and decided to […]
Eurocentrism, Skepticism, & the Alien Astronaut Theory
The other day I was watching TV and came across a documentary on The Alien Astronaut Theory. The pseudoscience being presented was actually not new to me. Sometime in college when I was minoring in Anthropology, I came across these theories about how aliens must have been involved in the creation of many of the […]
Why is Gabon weeping?
I don’t get it. The longest serving African head of state, Omar Bongo Ondimba, who has served as thief of state, I mean head of state of Gabon for the past 41 years finally died last week presumably of cancer. My naive self thought that the people of Gabon could finallybegin to enjoy the riches […]
I Detest the Stench of Coffee
I’ve worn a sweater, jacket, and light scarf over the past few days. Welcome to June. Last night, as I clutched my jacket closer to my body, I wondered if I should have worn something else, something thicker. I wonder if this is a manifestation of global warming. Today is more of the same. It’s […]
Heteropaternal Superfecundation
This week, it was announced that a Dallas set of 11-month old twins have different fathers. The parents noticed that the twins had different facial features. DNA later confirmed 99.9% that they had different fathers. Scandalous! What a way to out an affair. Heteropaternal superfecundation is not new. There is a spattering of similar stories […]
A lover of mangoes. A woman - smart, without pretense, lefthanded, Afropolitan - navigating this thing called life. An unapologetic believer in social justice and karma. Choosing to radiate positive energy and be true to myself. Here, my musings.