by Benard Makaa | Nov 1, 2018 | Culture, Philosophy, Psychology
How have I come to this? How do I loathe myself that I cannot spend even a moment alone with my thoughts? Every minute that is not devoted to some primary activity is occupied with a lesser one. I need to fill every moment. Even when I am not teaching, writing or...
by Benard Makaa | Oct 19, 2018 | Books, Culture, What I have learned
I have been postponing posting this for the last six months. I feared how friends and strangers would think of me, would it change the way they look at me? Will it make me more ashamed of my upbringing? Then today I reasoned that there might be other boys and girls...
by Benard Makaa | Oct 7, 2018 | Culture, Poems
Of their Roses and their colours, Poets may prate, I sing my plain upcountry Ann, In two years, she will be my wife, And become the joy of my life, Blessed Day that I will make her my own. Not a word of her face, her shape, or her eyes, Of flames or boobs shall you...
by Benard Makaa | Oct 2, 2018 | Culture, Philosophy
“Non-violence leads to the highest ethics, which is the goal of all evolution. Until we stop harming all other living beings, we are still savages.” ― Thomas A. Edison On the occasion of October 2, the day we observe United Nations’ (UN) International Day of...
by Benard Makaa | Sep 29, 2018 | Culture, Health, Philosophy
I have had my own struggles on this journey of becoming a vegetarian. I still succumb to some fish here and then and hopefully will completely overcome. I have had the advantage of reading many biographies/autobiographies of people I admire. My observations, many of...
by Benard Makaa | Mar 12, 2018 | Culture, Stories
See if you can connect the dots in this puzzle with four straight lines without taking your pen (or cursor) off the paper. The rules to solve this puzzle are very simple. You must draw four straight lines and connect all the points without taking your pen (or cursor)...
