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Storytelling

Life is one long, beautiful, dangerous, exciting, frightening story in which we all take part. “The bush buck walked on and on. Where was he going and why? He didn’t know why, but he knew he had to get out of the dark forest and feel the warm sun on his back… Then, one day, […]
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Posted on April 20, 2020
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Let’s Create

“One birthday, I unwrapped a wonderful crocheted scarf from my daughter. ‘When did you make this?’ I asked, in amazement. Only to learn she had been sitting up at night for days secretly crocheting!”  Life is a Gift. Chap 17 When I was a student, I felt I needed something to do with my hands […]
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Posted on April 20, 2020
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The Imagination

“You must have heard of the Easter Bunny – you’ll find him in supermarkets alongside chocolate Easter eggs. But you’re unlikely to have heard of the Easter Monkey, because he was an invention of mine.” LIFE IS A GIFT, Chap 17 He is a colobus monkey, who used to visit our home on Easter Sunday […]
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Susan Kung'u
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Posted on April 19, 2020
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Day of Rest

At last, at last, at last, Sunday has become a day of rest. No more caterwauling and screaming from those horrible little churches, that have sprouted all over the place in Kenya, no more monotonous, repetitive music blaring out of loud speakers for hours on end, till you feel like throwing a brick at the […]
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Posted on April 16, 2020
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Peace and Quiet

I wake up on a beautiful Sunday morning. I make a cup of tea and go to sit on the veranda. I listen to the birds singing, the wind blowing in the trees, a cock crowing, a child calling its mother, a woman singing somewhere. A car passes on the road, a piki piki, a […]
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Posted on April 6, 2020