I recently stumbled across old photos over the years, from my Fujifilm xT20 – totally forgot that I took them. Some first lockdown pandemic shots and laughs, beautiful shots in Napoli, stunning scenery from a balcony in Gaillard overlooking Annemasse, lazy spring afternoons on the other side of Geneva, a few from Sewita’s old appartment … Continue reading From my Fujifilm
Look up The sky’s alright A tale of two moonsCaptured seconds apart.The moon on the left with a gobo smile and the right, as clear as ever 07:59am Sleepy moon (this just needs simba and rafiki 🙂 ) Continue reading sun, moon and smiles
(To be updated soon with recipes included on my substack and this website) What comes to mind when you think of a sandwich? Ross Geller’s public breakdown at work when a colleague steals his lunch with the hilarious “you ate my sandwich?” “My sandwich…my sandwich…” That Thanksgiving leftover Turkey sandwich with the extra slice of … Continue reading Most memorable bites: the sandwich edition
Obitary in Tigrinya and English ተዘክሮ ሂወት ሓጎሳ ዓንደጊዮርጊስ ሓጎሳ ዓንደጊዮርጊስ፡ ካብ ኣዲኣ ወይዘሮ ዘርፊቱ ጎብሩን፡ ኣቦኣ ኣይተ ዓንደጊዮርጊስ ዓጽማትን ኣብ ኩዶ-ጭራ፡ ሰራየ ተወልደት፡፡ ኣሕዋታ ድማ፡ ሓረጉ ዓንደጊዮርጊስን፡ ኢስሃቕ ዓንደጊዮርጊስን፡ ዘውዲ ዓጽሙን ነበሩ፡፡ ኣቦኣ ብሕጻና ብሞት ስለዝተፈልዩ ተዘክሮ ኣይነበራን፡ ኣብ ሕጻንነታ ካብ’ቶም ኣዝያ ትዝክራን ከም ክቡር ዑንቊ ትሕብሕባን ዝነበረት ንእሽቶ ሓብታ ዘውድየይ ነበረት፡፡ ሓጎሳየይ፡ ኣብ … Continue reading Adey mearey: A Life of Love & Laughter
A trek,the long walkmengedi LemlemOff they wentእንዳ ኣቦይ ዓጽማት enda Aboy Atsmat, ኣደይ ማና Adey Mana and their በራውር berew’er; ዓንደ Ande and his siblings.Accompanying them was their netsela’s, cattle, tsebel and hopesPassing by villages, churches and shepherdsAboy Atsmat walked behind, guiding seb’u Hugush often played with deki Tehela“Ayni fenjal” they would call herusually the … Continue reading Home: The Trek
White for your ነጸላ (netsela)Clean, soft and warmmatched with most of your clothingor ጻዕዳ (tseada) for your beloved popcorn, over ቡን (bun), ሚለኑ (Milenu), some ዋታ (wata) and ወዲ ገብሩ(Wedi Gebru)ብጫ (becha) for your reassuring smile and cheeky giggles (pre asthma irritant),brightening every room you enterGreen for the beautiful ሹፎን (shoufon)each with its own pattern … Continue reading White, yellow and green ጻዕዳ, ብጫን ቀጠልያን
That loud cry,scream for the inevitablethe justicethe plainstakingly obvioustoo blind, too numb to seeAwoken by that crythat roarthat aubergine First tree, lights and cosy socksgiddy with a smileto pay was to noticeAhhhhh finally!Brown, gooey aubergine with the sharpest smell that woke meThe equally brown purse, its first victimSecond? The all important yellow to payfrantically wiping … Continue reading Aubergine’s roar
Pre flight sleepoverHot choco, carrot cake and ጓል ዓንዳት Gual Andat’s Himbasha(Ma’akor of course)The wheels on the suitcases gleefully glid as they finally serve their purposeClothes upon clothessnickers upon snickersand not to forget that raggedy netselaMurmours of laughter, gossip and joy through the nightlasting to dawn’s road ahead Fast forward, Last morning – tea and … Continue reading 6 weeks and beyond
Blurred memory Well, a memory of a memory, VHS cassette black box, flip over JVC enter play. Countless kids A 2nd and a 7th dresses, checked shirts and two kaba’s Three large cakes Guyla from the album of the decade you know it Laughter, joy and claps from the gleeful audience behind the scenes Ahh … Continue reading Green fruity
Why did she call you that? “Hagaz’iey” Your mother that is. Was it your help with errands at home? Perhaps your courage and compassion was just what she needed as she mourned the loss of her infant daughter – your baby sis. Her “hagaz’iey” just the shoulder she needed Her rock. “Hagaz’iey” Maybe it was … Continue reading “Hagaz’iey”: My sweet uncle Seltene
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