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existential questions of the mind

September 27, 2023
noha atugarukamu kutushaba, and so, who will answer as we call?
One of the things that I find myself curiously pondering over, is what happens when…
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July 23, 2023
change everything, everywhere, at the same time.
Why did the British come to Uganda? This is a question we were asked, and expected…
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June 18, 2023
abarijya baryareba – who cares for what comes next?
(thinking out loud) Have you ever had a nudging that just could not stop. that feeling…
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May 5, 2023
we have not made ourselves.
We have not made ourselves. We are here because something else existed. In the beginning there were…
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April 28, 2023
can we be beautiful still?
What does it mean to be beautiful if not to be true? what does it mean…
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conjurings

July 3, 2024
calling forth henceforth
here, i call now and always these things into being now and always i call forth for…
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October 19, 2023
the politics of feeling good, still.
I think of myself as a conjurer of new worlds. what that really means, if…
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Ruhanga Ni'oha

June 20, 2024
twena nitwe ruhanga (all of us are responsible)
twena nitwe ruhanga; direct translation, all of us are a part of the creator. all of…
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lessons as they come to me

July 30, 2024
answering the call and surrendering to it…
When i was a little younger; living through my 20’s, i was sure i had…
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June 26, 2023
our collective grief, and how we share it
My friend called a few days after I had started to write this. Another one of…
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May 29, 2023
on why we celebrate
You must allow yourself to weep about even the things you won’t allow yourself think…
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May 12, 2023
what is this space in between, and do we have room for it?
I am learning how to trust the wisdom of my body. I also hate waiting. The two…
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April 14, 2023
On learning to be here, and tender.
I almost knocked over a serving spoon; which in turn would have tripped over another…
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March 30, 2023
Here, Again. Different but Same.
I found my old blog. I say found, because when I typed ‘ugandanchic.wordpress.com’ into my phone,…
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some days call for poetry

August 12, 2023
my best friend turned a year older today.
my best friend turned a year older today. An auspicious occasion, because it means we are…
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August 6, 2023
The Day of Truth Telling
what will be on the day of judgment when the scrolls are unburied, and the museums forced shut. when…
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July 9, 2023
let this be a day of sabbath
lain here, a doing of my own a collection of chaff from the world tears my own…
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July 2, 2023
ori’kahangare (a prayer for your weak heart)
ori’kahangare is a prayer my own people say words strung into hymns an ask to the gods intentions spoken to…
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May 12, 2023
a poem for my mother, and yours on this mother’s day.
My mother. I write poems about her in my sleep. She brings flowers to my house. teaches…
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