Silver lining

5 What was good about it? Yes, what was? I woke up thinking that whenever…

Still friends?

7 I had a conversation about peoples’ personalities and temperaments with someone last week. This…

Price tag

6 I met someone, someone older than I am, more accomplished, someone I definitely look…

Eat, Drink…

5 Life is fleeting. I think the older you grow, the more you realise the…

Awanzi

7 The king sat in his favorite spot; outside the palace, overlooking the expansive green,…

Shosh

8 I had parked the car and stepped out to go to the ATM. I…

Hey!

10 Hey! How are you? One day, under the sweltering heat of a desert land…

I want bread

5 There’s this thing that my daughter does a lot and it always, almost works.…

Call it

5 He had had quite the day. Actually, the day had not even ended. He…

The Wait

7 I am not a very patient man. That is one thing that I inherited…

Daddy dear

6 I did not set out to become a father. It was not one of…

The Dumb Syndrome

12 Toddlers are fascinating creatures. I sat at edge of the couch watching my two…

Seasons

11 I wrote something last week that was profound even to me. It is important…

The Gift of Time

12 There’s a gift called time. You cannot create it, you cannot produce it, and…

Black Blue

3 I never really enjoyed school. Well, maybe I enjoyed the varsity experience but who…

I was thinking

4 I was thinking… So eons ago, God was just chilling out somewhere, in an…

The Barber Shop

9 I felt a tad bushier than usual. I had not kept my usual Saturday…

Brush Daily

7 We all want progress. Well, maybe not all of us. Let’s edit that to…

Are you okay?

5 I had a conversation with a friend today. That conversation is the inspiration behind…

Drift

9 I spent most of my Christmas holiday indoors last year. To be honest, it…

The Girl Before

9 He wasn’t the most assertive person growing up. He was timid and frail. Perhaps…

The Grace to Start

5 I don’t know how many gazillion years ago it was because when this incident…

Breathe

5 I was supposed to meet a friend in town. Because I am a stickler…

Christie

13 I scrolled down my contact list. I wasn’t looking for any contact in particular.…

Bad Love

9 “I don’t even know why we started dating.” Leila tells me. “Why?” I ask?…

Busy for Whom?

6 I don’t like Nairobi. Yaani let me tell you, I feel nothing for the…

Short & Sweet

5 I’m going to keep it short and sweet. You know like that jam by…

The Wellside

10 It was about the sixth hour when walked up to the well her water…

Daktari

12 “I was smitten from the first day I saw her,” says Jason. “We’d sat…

Pato

13 I had just gotten my first job! Your first job is special. It is…

Still Waters

11 He wasn’t one to miss church for whatever reason so it was very odd…

The Untold

11 I didn’t bother much with local news last year. The whole thing was driving…

Travel Light

9 There was an eerie feeling in the air. I had taken an afternoon nap,…

No New

15 So in campus, in between lectures, we’d take what we called a power nap.…

Do me a favor!

10 This week has been crazy ladies and gentlemen! My 8-5 has been such a…

I Forgot!

21 It’s at the crack of dawn in Kwakwaza, a remote village in Africa. Wild…

Elaine

18 “My mum is a strong woman! The strongest woman I know in fact!” Says…

I Don’t Know!

13 We were not allowed to say ‘I don’t know!’ In primary school, we had…

Whose Life?

18 They taught us to color within the lines. I think, largely, this is why…

The Fix

20 “What’s life about Mwendwa?” Mani asks. “I mean, what do we live for? Why…

Detour

16 I can be indecisive. OK! Maybe not exactly indecisive because that would make me…

Kanini

15 I love to watch people. I will go to a restaurant, sit at the…

The Milk Boy

19 Humans love certainty. We love to know when this or that will happen. We…

Chic

22 A man who hangs around a beautiful girl without saying a word ends up…

Hamira

13 Some people are like a strong wave in the sea. When you meet them,…

Mandy

14 “I don’t remember much of him by the way,” She says as she tries…

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  • Silver lining

    5 What was good about it? Yes, what was? I woke up thinking that whenever…

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    7 I had a conversation about peoples’ personalities and temperaments with someone last week. This…

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    6 I met someone, someone older than I am, more accomplished, someone I definitely look…

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    5 Life is fleeting. I think the older you grow, the more you realise the…

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    7 The king sat in his favorite spot; outside the palace, overlooking the expansive green,…

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My name is Mwendwa Mutua. I love to tell stories. I tell stories by writing. I might not be the best storyteller yet, but what I will do, is give you an opportunity to tell your story, as I tell mine.