Daily Archives: October 16, 2012

ze ze ze zikumi za

zoe sings a kenyan folk song: ze ze ze zikumi za but she doesn’t know the spelling, or what the words mean; just loves the z’s in swahili echoing her name and tells me in soccer she scored a goal for the other team … Continue reading

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Originally posted on BECKY SAYS THINGS:
We are the smartphoners. We are the texters the sexters. We are the emailers the web sailors. We are the tweeters the non-speakers the digi-savvy techno geek-ers. We are the twiddlers the fiddlers the bent…

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leaves carried by water we cannot be still. there is no stop to this always.

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bitter water

they say life begins with the first drawn breath. He must not pour olive oil on it or put incense on it, his offering,  because it is a grain offering for jealousy, his offering is seed a reminder-offering to draw attention to … Continue reading

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