It May Take the Hilt, Too.
My Grandma died in December. I miss her. She once said something to me when I was pregnant with Ella: “We’ll defend...
Read out allThe Christmas Album
These songs have travelled with me through many seasons of faith, family, and quiet worship. Some are centuries old, some more recent, and one is my own. This album is...
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November 2019 GNP Article
Moses’ personal identity dilemma (Hebrew or Egyptian? Slave or Prince? Bondsman or Freeman?) reflects the bigger national identity crisis that is about...
Read out allStop all the clocks
Here I am again on Tuesday 6th December 2011. My heart, throat and eyes so full behind the surface that I can...
Read out allWhat I’m Doing Today
Hi. What I’m doing today is…. Amassing all the body of material that I’ve written and built up and gathered and squirreled...
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Without Title
Beyond frustration nowI sit, slouch, hunch forwardAnd slump back.What is the pointThis isolationThese wars and wordsSurprise and betrayalLoss of belonging. The usual...
Read out allSurviving Africa
All along I thought I was supposed to come here. Meeting Laban and Alice when I was five or six years old....
Read out allThe Trees are Gone
02.10.2020 Yesterday I heard a man cutting down a tree. The consistent thud wasn’t placeable until I moved the curtain, barrier to...
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Hello! It’s Monday the 28th of November 2011. It’s quite cold, so we have the heating on. So Saturday was november 26th....
Read out allIncidentally… Five Years
Incidentally, today is five years since Family Unity Day. This is the day when we celebrate the adoption celebration in court. Ella...
Read out allThe Neighbours’ Dog 07.10.19
Please be the neighbours’ dog… please be the neighbours’ dog… Crazy the thoughts that go through the exhausted parental mind. This was...
Read out allThoughts 11.10.19
Thoughts from the last few days: Thunder crackles over Kampala Ella must have felt so totally alone. She cried for me and...
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The Girl on the Bridge
A girl stands on a bridge. Below her speeds the dual carriageway, running fast into the future she doesn’t want to meet....
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