She Blossoms...

• Time…

  Posted: August 30, 2009, 11:38 pm by She Blossoms...

  Well, here we are, the beginning of a new week, the end of a month. Sometimes the passage of time hits me hard. Not too long ago I was a high schooler and the only thing that I worried about seriously was the grade on my physics test, and boys. I remember sitting on the second [...]

• Wasee Wasee! 99 mchongoanos for your dissing pleasure – Review by Eudiah Kamonjo

  Posted: August 25, 2009, 11:15 pm by She Blossoms...

  Book Title: Wasee Wasee! 99 mchongoanos for your dissing pleasure Publishers: Storymoja/Storyhippo Compiled by: Joshua Ogutu Muraya, Juliet Maruru, Millie Dok Art: Directed by Ciro Githunguri, Illustrated & designed by Lucas Wambaa Genre: Mchongoano collection Mchongoanos are very much a part of our culture today as they were all those years ago during my primary school days. And it’s not [...]

• The pain that feeds my imagination

  Posted: August 23, 2009, 1:24 am by She Blossoms...

  When I was first diagnosed with Fibromyalgia and Lupus, my spirits sunk fast and hard. Acute Depression hit. I missed my job. I missed writing and editing. I missed working at children’s reading materials. I missed working with kids. I missed being the naughty girl at the back of a room, heckling someone, at movies, [...]

• Kenyaimagine Updates: The Wagalla Massacre: what really happened

  Posted: August 19, 2009, 1:01 pm by She Blossoms...

  The question of just what happened at Wagalla Airstrip between 10 and 14 February 1984 was partially answered by the late Justus Ole Tipis in a ministerial statement about the military operation, read on the floor of parliament on the night of 12 April 1984, and reported in the Nation of April 13 1985. Ole [...]

• Excerpts from a Cat’s Daily Diary…

  Posted: August 17, 2009, 11:32 pm by She Blossoms...

  Day 983 of my captivity… My captors continue to taunt me with bizarre little dangling objects. They dine lavishly on fresh meat, while the other inmates and I are fed hash or some sort of dry nuggets. Although I make my contempt for the rations perfectly clear, I nevertheless must eat something in order to keep up my [...]

• The face in the mirror

  Posted: August 12, 2009, 10:24 pm by She Blossoms...

  I always thought when I looked in the mirror That I was looking at my own reflection That I was looking at me Was I I guess I was wrong, I was looking at you looking at me I was looking at you pretending to be me Oh yeah, you had me fooled alright Made me think that I was you Fooled You were very [...]

• Major Opportunity for Daughters of Africa

  Posted: August 10, 2009, 11:05 pm by She Blossoms...

  This is a callout for the talented vocalist in Kenya, a lady, must be between the ages 18 and 26 years, with a strong personality, an outstanding voice, commendable acting skills and bursting with positive energy. This is an opportunity to build your career as an artist. an opportunity to tour the world and all [...]

• Kenya Imagine: Taking Applications: Kenyan Visual, Literary and Performing Artists’ Mentorship Program

  Posted: August 10, 2009, 10:37 pm by She Blossoms...

  The Imagine Company, publisher of KenyaImagine.com, introduces Next Level, a two-month mentor-ship program aimed at improving the quality of Kenyan visual and performance arts. The project will include a similar program for writers of commentary/critique of art in Kenya. Support will be provided for the purchase of materials and for transportation. This support is intended for [...]

• If life lets you live, what is your business killing it?

  Posted: August 7, 2009, 2:58 am by Juliet Maruru

  I’ve been making new friends at the clinic I go to for treatment. For a few inutes every day, when I am waiting in line, I stop thinking about my pain and see other people who are in more pain than I am. The clinic is run by Kenyan doctors and staff but funded by [...]

• Kenyaimagine Updates – Our Ass and the Mau by Eric Ngeno

  Posted: August 7, 2009, 2:40 am by Juliet Maruru

  I wish I were Sammy Mwaita. Then I could tell you the genesis of the entire rigmarole. But I am not, so I will just tell you what might be in the public domain — what is, and is not, cannot be said for sure, since our unthinking journalists and commentators have done a [...]

• My husband and I

  Posted: August 4, 2009, 8:57 pm by Juliet Maruru

  My husband and I are not talking right now. That may not be a very good thing considering the tension in the homestead. See, we live in his parents’ homestead with his parents and two unmarried sisters who have children. His father is the local Redeemed Church Pastor. Everyone knows that my husband’s father is [...]

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