Had I been asked about this kind of writing before I met Andrea Zittlau, I would have frowned at the concept. Lists are only for things with numbers and many details following them. It was only after she shared with me zines of the work collections she has been doing that I opened my mind….
Baldversary
On 29th October last year, I walked into Castro’s Mancave Westlands for an appointment booked by my non-boyfriend boyfriend, Kipruto. After a week or two of trying out life with my sides shaved (cropped or fade), I was ready to remove all traces of hair on my head and go bald. In my sling bag…
A Lake Named Ellis
18th December 2022I make the decision to join the advertised Mt Kenya Day Trip to Lake Ellis on 4th February 2023. It would be a nice way for me to decide if I am actually cut out to do the Mt Kenya peaks. It was also the most affordable package I had come across which…
Over and Over
You can feel it coming. Even as the readying of the journey to you is planned. Hardworking, quiet, deliberate. Possessing qualities we have been taught to admire as they demonstrate obedience. It is the familiarity. You have become so accustomed to the ways you open your arms and body to envelope it when it knocks….
Blink
As humans, we are conditioned to notice people in similar predicaments to us. They are usually in a slightly different light but very close in nature to what we are or going through. If you are an observer like me, you will notice the bounce back of the fashion trend, hipsters or what others commonly…
Potate
Like most people, I enjoy eating potatoes in the variant of ways humans have learn to present them as. On this subject, we are united unlike the divide chapati or avocado cause. The combination of the two, I should let you know, is an affair every mouth needs an experience of. As a child, the…
Art Adventure
Today was meant to be one of those days I had decided to stay in twisting, turning and tossing around in bed. Engaging myself in as little as possible and turning the pages of my current read, The God of Small Things, when inspiration allows to keep the brain activity churning. Before the clocks turned…
Grey Game
Disclaimer: (This right here, in the history of To be deleted you have met on the internet, is the most likely To be deleted. It was written in the heart of Corona virus when masks were going for Ksh100 before their downfall to mere Ksh5 to no shillings at all if you get those Promo…
Solemate
The PenetrationYou are tall and handsome and tall. The frame of your body seems to be cutting through the rows and rows of plantations. Your hair dancing wildly in the wind. You are not wearing your usual hat, the one you wear when you don’t want the rest of the world to see you as…
Rehema Zuberi 