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
Meaning is use: Wittgenstein on the limits of language
Tim Rayner
The Storyteller from Meskelo
ዛሬም የደሀናና የጋዝጊብላ እናቶች የወላድነት አደራን ሊወጡት አልቻሉም። አባት የ13/14 አመቱን ጨቅላ ከማጨት በሕግ ቢከለከልም ያን ከማድረግ አላረፉም። ትምህርት ላይ መስፈንጠር የቻሉት ከእምዬ መሬት ቁጣ ቢላቀቁም ስለታቸው አሁንም የሚገባው ለደብረወይላ ቤተክርስትያን ነው። ለነሱ ላሊበላ የጦርነት መታሰብያ ወይንም የቱሪስት መዝናኛ፣ ለኛ ላሊበላ የታሪካችን ቅርፅና የውበታችን ማጌጫ፣ ለዛች ለጋ ወጣት ግን ጋሜናዋ ለተደፈነው ላሊበላ ድንጋይ ነው። ፀሎትዋን … Continue reading The Storyteller from Meskelo
Discovering
Wag Himra To be longedLonging to beSomething, someoneA part of somethingBelonging. Not belongingKnowing notDisconnectedEgg, EmbryoProlonged incubationConstipationStuckSuffocation. PeaceHateRageConflictGrowthReparationChangeDisruption TransformationPeaceSettlementDistanceSolitudeContainmentContactExchange Belonging … Nothing until discoveredNew life once uncovered. ConnectionEnlightenmentAwakeningContactCommunicationExchangeSharingLove
Exploring Creativity 