Ruby was noticeable in a crowd thanks to her jet-black hair and upright posture. At age 12, people referred to her as the girl with waist-long hair. Her hair had never grown below just a drop down from shoulder-length. Ruby tried, but it didn’t help to argue even when she was able to prove herself … Continue reading Before the Seagulls
አዳኙ ቅዱስ ጊዮርጊስን የሚያስታወስ አጭር ተርት
2013 ዓ.ም. ፣ ላንደን ከተማ ከግል ማሕድር፣ ያልተመዘገበ ሰዓሊ አንድ የእጅ ሙያተኛ በቀረበለት ጥያቄ መሰረት የወለት ጊዮርጊስን ብዋንባ ለመስራት ወደ መኖርያ ቤትዋ ሂደ። ከመግቢያ በርዋ ፊትለፊት በሚገኘው ግድግዳ ቅዱስ ጊዮርጊስ ተግዋታቹን አውሬ በጦር ወግቶ ሲያጠፋ የሚያሳይ ምስል ተሰቅሎ በማግኘቱ ቆም በሎ ተመለከተው። “በእንጨት መደብ ላይ የሰፈሩት ቀለማት ከተፈጥሮ የመነጩ ናቸው” ብላ አስረዳችው ወለተ ግዮርጊስ። ፈረንጁ … Continue reading አዳኙ ቅዱስ ጊዮርጊስን የሚያስታወስ አጭር ተርት
Meet Mrs Dobble
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5VatNLS5TnjF32awUfUKFp?si=FtOX2tEwS1m8yFWYYDKfMg Mrs Dobble arrived into my life unexpectedly. Naturally, she had no clue how long I'd been waiting for her to arrive, to emerge, to be here. I've been so enthusiastic to find her that it never occurred to me to stop and think what she would resemble, how she would sound, carry herself, or … Continue reading Meet Mrs Dobble
ድንቢጥ
ደረቷ እንደ ፀሐይ ጮራ ቦግ ያለ ነው። ዘወትር ከግቢዬ እንጨት አጥር ላይ ሆና እንዴት ዋላቹህ ለማለት ይመስል ዜማዋን በትንሹ ታሰማኛለች። “ድንቢጥዬ መጣሽ? እንደምን አደርሽ?” ስላት መልስ ባትመልስም ከአጥሬ ፈንጠር ብላ ትወርድና በጓሮዬ ከሚገኙት አትክልት መትከያዎች ላይ አረፍ ትላለች። ጉዳይዋ ስላልገባኝ ስራዬን አቁሜ ለደቂቃ ተከታተልኳት። በአጭሩ ተጣራች። ከዛፎቹ መሀል ጓደኛዋ መልስ ሰጣት። ድንገት እሱም ከአጥሬ ሰፈረ። … Continue reading ድንቢጥ
St. George: healer, godfather, trademark
2022, London A handyman popped over to Welete Giorgis’ house and noticed an Ethiopian Orthodox painting of St. George and the dragon hanging in the front hall. “Natural colours on wood”, she explained. He looked at her with inquisitive eyes but did not say what crossed his mind. She didn’t have the time to ask … Continue reading St. George: healer, godfather, trademark
For Broken Hearts
One is now at peace in heaven Two explores the earth and skies Three stays here to watch the children Under the Creator's forgiving eyes. (©29/12/2020)
Artificial Intelligence – ሰው ሰራሽ የማሰብ ችሎታ
Artificial intelligence (AI) makes better sense in the simplicity of Amharic - ሰው ሰራሽ የማሰብ ችሎታ (a thinking capacity created by humans) than when defined with scientific sophistication and perfection in English, of course is also relatable in a simplified English language definition: “technology containing or entailing (human-like) intelligence”. Mind you, humans have multiple thinking … Continue reading Artificial Intelligence – ሰው ሰራሽ የማሰብ ችሎታ
Yvonne Owuor Adhiambo
It doesn't have to be, but it is rare to come across an openly, poetically and eloquently well versed philosopher such as Yvonne. She identifies as "Yvonne, writer." She remembers the rewarding praise her mentor, Biniavanga Wainaina, late author of How to Write about Africa showered upon her. Her book Dust (2014) reads like a … Continue reading Yvonne Owuor Adhiambo
ለሴቶች ክብር
ለእህቴ ለአንቺ ለውዲቱእንጨትና ቅጠል ለተሸከምሺቱአይዞሽ እናት አለምቀን ያልፋል ግድ የለምአትድፊ አንገትሽንይሉቁን አብስሪ ሃያል መሆንሽንበተሸከምሽው ስር ሃያል ተስፋ እንዳዘልሽከቅጠሎቹ ስር ብርሃን እንደታየሽእህቴ አትርሺነገ ሌላ ቀን ነው ታሸንፊዋለሽ ለእቴ ላንቺ ለዶክተርዋበርችልን አንችዋመድሃኒት ነው እጂሽተስፋ ነው ፈገግታሽአበርቺ ነው ምክርሽእናማ እህት አለምለአንቺ የገባሽ ለነሱ ያልታያቸውያንቺ ህልም ለነሱ ቅዠት ሆኖባቸውእንቅፋት ሊሆኑሽመንገድ ሊዘጉብሽቢከጂል ልባቸውተይው እናት አለም ጨርሶ አትስሚያቸውየውስጥሽን መብራት እንዳታጨልሚሁል ግዜ … Continue reading ለሴቶች ክብር
Our Blossom
Our Blossom's concept of a community-service start-up is rooted in an idea that emerged from a conversation between Addis-born Dorina Asmanio and her daughters, Abiyan, Gioia, and Melah, while collecting seeds for their private garden in Silver Spring, Maryland (USA). The busy fingers picked out the best for the bank while soft voices spoke imaginatively … Continue reading Our Blossom