“Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living, and above all, those who live without love” JK Rowling: Harry Potter and the Deathly Harrows Hey Penpal, It’s July…. Well well well… 2022 did not come to play we see. Half the year is done and it seems like the next time we blink, it […]
Monday Letters: In honor of our unspoken heroes
Hey, penpal🌸,Oh, how I’ve missed writing to you. Who knew a week could be so long and so short. My apologies for missing out on last week’s letter. In between life projects and occasional sabotages, I found it difficult to summon the inspiration to write and breeze through my writer’s block. Anywaaayyyy… How are you? […]
Monday letters: Heed the call of the Phoenix..
Hi pen pal, Aahhhh, is it cold where you are like where I am? This cold just has me thinking it’s time to move to a snowy country because I’m already experiencing winter here so why not?… I’m not complaining by the way… I’m an avid lover of sweater weather because it feels very comfortable. […]
Monday letters: To the brothers
Hiii, It’s June already. Wow, this year is really a marathon, isn’t it? I hope the new month has begun with good cheer and the best of occurrences for you. Remember our motto champ, it only gets better. There is this Kenyan podcast that I like that is called man talk.ke… And when they have […]
Monday letters : You can lay your burdens down now beloved
Hey Pen pal, How you doinnnnn? I hope you can feel my energy over white pages.. Yay or nay??? I’m going with yay. How has your week been?.. I hope there are more silver linings as the days go by. My silver linings have been in melody and rhythm this week. And I suppose that […]
Monday Letters: The grief that besets us
Hi, It’s not Monday I know but your pen pal here had to pay her due wages to capitalism and the sufferings of her choice. How have you been champ? Are you still in a slump?.. Well, I can be your comfort character in between these white pages and help you forget the pains of […]
Monday letters: You’re a lot cooler than you think you are, champ…
Hi champ, Another fine Monday for me to be your defacto pen pal. How have you been? Messy much? Well… Remember the resounding life mantra we choose to live by: brighter days are coming. Good week….. Well hip hip hurray to your victories and remember it’s only the start of more extraordinary things that are […]
Monday letters: Darling, You have the courage to begin again…
Hi, It’s been a minute… I know. Well, you’re not here near me but it doesn’t mean that I am not thinking about you. And sometimes I am consumed by this overwhelming desire to talk to you but this distance!… So what’s our next best option, letters the old school way. I’m your pen pal […]
Ginger Journal: The Ringlorn logophile
Have I ever mentioned before how much I love words… And yeah, there’s a word for that it’s called being a logophile: a lover of words. Although at this point, I am more of a word gobbler who is constantly hungry and aching for the solace of new words that are in reality old words….. […]
Ginger Journal: Growing Pains
In the naivety of my six-year-old mind, I thought my pre-school friends would be my forever friends. I imagined that one day we would grow up to be teachers like our parents or be Astronauts at NASA and doctors at the John Hopkins Hospital like the great Ben Carson. Well, of course, that did not […]