Reading My Vitamins
June 2, 2017
On craving “…the same innocent enchantment I had when I was a reader of twelve or thirteen…” … More Reading My Vitamins
Author: rebeccafisseha
2007 Vintage: Sip 11
March 27, 2017
…because I want to look amazing when he next sees me (never mind he does not want me and when I am thinking clearly I don’t want him either) … More 2007 Vintage: Sip 11
2007 Vintage: Sip 10
March 19, 2017
As I enjoy this period of contentment and insight, I cannot help but feel that the worst is yet to come. … More 2007 Vintage: Sip 10
2007 Vintage: Sip 9
March 12, 2017
I resume journaling at the end of a relationship. Usually that’s when I realize all that was wrong with the relationship…I can’t help but think that this abandoning of journaling, as soon as I am coupled with a man, is a form of abandoning myself. … More 2007 Vintage: Sip 9
2007 Vintage: Sip 8
March 5, 2017
To no one’s surprise, my ten-years-ago self continues to wallow in her post-breakup misery, in this latest instalment of my diary entries from back in the day. I’ve turned to religion, as you’ll see. Even made up my own little prayer. On the plus side, this entry contains an exquisite paragraph from one of my … More 2007 Vintage: Sip 8
Went/Saw/Ate/Wrote
March 3, 2017
This one’s on me. I’m happy to share my latest article for Selamta, the in-flight magazine of Ethiopian Airlines. For this assignment, I spent an afternoon being led to and fed in lesser known/much loved restaurants around Addis Ababa (one of which had one of the best ceiling art I’d ever seen, see below), all in … More Went/Saw/Ate/Wrote
2007 Vintage: Sip 7
February 26, 2017
Once I came near humiliation when I was going to go straight to his house one morning. But I stopped myself in time. I hate the fact that I need to write all this down. … More 2007 Vintage: Sip 7
2007 Vintage: Sip 6
February 20, 2017
It occurred to me as I re-read yesterday’s entry that my conflict towards my work stems from the fact that I don’t feel that I have a right to express myself. … More 2007 Vintage: Sip 6
2007 Vintage: Sip 5
February 12, 2017
For every part of me that wants to belong, another part of me wants to remain a nomad. … More 2007 Vintage: Sip 5
2007 Vintage: Sip 4
February 5, 2017
As a writer, I speak from a place of confusion. I don’t know if this is a good place to speak from. But that is the only place I know, at this point. Utter confusion. … More 2007 Vintage: Sip 4
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