GIFTS

A prompt from Teach Write for March. It is fashionable to wear fascinators to weddings, funerals and planned gatherings that call for fascinators as part of the outfit. We select the best one, colour, height that matches our outfit or physique. At weddings, (where I live) in particular, when the sun goes down, I see Continue reading

“The communal experience is truly enriching. The different perspectives sometimes grown from the variety of experiences makes for a kaleidoscope of beauty. Yes rich in our diversity, I agree.“ I wrote the above comment to the slice written by DMorris yesterday. After reading the comment I had written, I said to myself, “This could make Continue reading

The phone call came at an opportune time. I had planned to leave the event early, and was contemplating on my exit plan. How would I announce my early departure? Nobody would understand how I only attended the event for just an hour. Everybody had joined the buffet, but since I had eaten lunch before Continue reading

Aprons is one of the March Writing prompts for Teach Write. After church a few Sundays ago, when celebrating the UK’s Mothering Sunday in Accra, there was a nice surprise; the transformation of most of the men at church. Men in coloured aprons. They adorned plain coloured aprons, red, blue, yellow and green aprons. Church Continue reading

The students in my after school activity, journalling class, are third to fifth graders, a quaint group that meets after school on Fridays, to write. More boys than girls signed up this year, which makes me very happy. Yesterday, one of our writing prompts came from, The Curious Nature Guide, “Nature in Unexpected Places”. The Continue reading

This format is borrowed from HMorris. Five things that made me smile When my ex-KG student now in twelfth grade brought me an invitation for her ART exhibition When my colleague called another by his son’s name, I had a belly laugh, since she did not know why I was laughing That invitation to take Continue reading

Beauty uncoveredSimple nature on displayEnchanting and pure Continue reading

The question that was posed during our team meeting yesterday resonated deeply with me. It prompted me to share thoughts and feelings. I realized the impact a question can have on uncovering silenced feelings. Through my response, I acknowledged what was intended but remained unexpressed, and reflected on how addressing it earlier could have made Continue reading

The book I am reading with my book club is: Shrouded in mystery With strange characters who struggle to comprehend one another and are constantly searching for answers The backstory continues to influence the plot , the author skilfully moves back and forth between the past and the present. Shares a gruesome part of history Continue reading

Thank you Leigh Anne for the invitation to the slicer party. For the word buffet, I will contribute: Ethereal;  extremely delicate and light in a way that seems not to be of this world: Ethereal was used by Denise Krebs in a comment to my post last week. I honestly was not sure what it meant. It sent me to the dictionary and the thesaurus Continue reading