Immigrant Life

Prompt # 28 – dance

April 29, 2018

As the dances move south, so does the body. … More Prompt # 28 – dance

Prompt # 19 – music

April 27, 2018

It’s not that she doesn’t understand love. It’s that she doesn’t love you, not even close, and probably never will. Rejection. Hard to take. For anyone. … More Prompt # 19 – music

Prompt # 11 – alphabet (of luurrvv)

April 25, 2018

So how is this a metaphor for love? How the hell should I know?! Well I guess, in the sense that there’s no ‘road map’, no reliable rhythm or pattern, you have to land on it and just take it one step at a time with no expectation, no guarantee? It’s a test? A challenge? In many ways it’s about normal human interactions, which everyone has a good idea how to go about, but ‘scrambled’ by the addition of love? … More Prompt # 11 – alphabet (of luurrvv)

Prompt # 9 – language

April 23, 2018

Amharic is never fun, or if it is, it’s fun being had at my expense. (speaking as a semi-fluent, or non-fluent first generation or young immigrant), but in the land of the blind (in this case: the deaf), the one-eyed woman (the half-tongued, quarter-tongued, no-tongued woman) is queen! … More Prompt # 9 – language

Prompt # 24 – geography

April 20, 2018

a bird and a fish may fall in love but where will they live … More Prompt # 24 – geography

Notes from the Canadian Honey Jar

April 18, 2018

I collected the ‘used’ scraps in a Canadian honey jar. Make of that what you will. … More Notes from the Canadian Honey Jar

Don’t Call It a Blanket

January 9, 2018

Or a shawl. And definitely not a throw or a wrap. It’s just gabi. Gabby if you want to be fancy. The original organic wear before organic wear became fashionable. If you were born in Ethiopia, chances are it’s what you were caught in at birth. And depending on what it says in your last will and testament, it … More Don’t Call It a Blanket

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