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A Year in Futility (Hope Estate)
EPISODE 1 It has come upon me that I must write about the momentous events of my life that have brought me to this, the 81st year of my life. A few of them span a single year and the events that I am about to describe are tied to a single goal and so might […]
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So You Think You Fell From a Coconut Tree?
The other day, my friend and I had a long insightful gyaff. We touched on many things – health, kids, politics, and one that was of most interest to both of us — our genealogy. I know she had begun work on her family history but had been confronted with many obstacles, not the least […]
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On: The Colonized Mind
I believe we are a people who want to be colonized. Here we are, after the diaspora. We dusted off the grime of colonial rule and set up our tents in a new land in an effort to escape the consequences of our colonized past. We, who know full well the shame and the rigors […]
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Village Psychology
I heard this story from my grandfather who used to help those villagers coming to him from near and distant villages for advice. He was the Imaam in the village, wise and well respected by old and young. So well respected was he that the villagers followed his advice to the letter. “Beti”, he tell […]
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On “The Food We Eat”
There was a Time… I read and listen to the “now” generation talking about food. I see that there is a slight shift in the things they want to eat and the ways they think these should be cooked. They talk about “plant based” food. As opposed to what? I ask myself. “Animal based”? We […]
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On The Tired Wives’ Resort
The things we do. Cook, cook, serve, clean, sweep, vacuum, wipe, make up beds, do laundry, pay bills, shop for food, keep an eye on appointments, clean the yard, trim the bushes, sort the mail, put out the garbage, …. It has just dawned on my foggy mind that tired wives need a place where […]
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On: Being Content
I am contentAre you content too?Look!There’s a pair of us. To spend our days bemoaning For what we do not haveTo wish for things impossibleIs tiresome and sad. To be held a vile and vengeful prisonerBy poisonous discontentTo share a cell with greed itselfIs not the soul’s intent. We two have freed our jealous heartsContentment marks our […]
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On: Leisure for the Old.
Or as Davies puts it…… “What is this life if full of care We have no time to stand and stare No time to stand beneath the boughs And stare as long as sheep and cows?” If William Henry Davies were my neighbor, I might see him on my morning walks as he stops to […]
the world according to channie 