by Benard Makaa | Mar 24, 2021 | Stories, What I have learned
I was ushered to his office at 9.00 am. I was following up on some promotion I had applied for and wanted to know the progress. What I thought would take the utmost 10 minutes turned into 60 minutes of communion. These are some of the best spent minutes of my life...
by Benard Makaa | Jun 9, 2020 | Learning, Stories
There once was a village that had among its people a very wise old man. The villagers trusted this man to provide them answers to their questions and concerns. One day, a farmer from the village went to the wise man and said in a frantic tone, “Wise man, help...
by Benard Makaa | Aug 22, 2019 | Culture, Stories
By chance, I met a friend and fellow electrical engineer & lecturer yesterday while I was on an errant to buy some Chapo’s for my supper (at Green Savannah café, Juja). After exchanging pleasantries with this said friend, I mentioned that I am just in Juja...
by Benard Makaa | Jun 29, 2019 | Movies, Stories
Cherry blossoms is a Germany film that exquisitely shows the impermanence of life. It shows the fleeting nature of the world. While we desire permanence, everything constantly changes. We try to control things but there is nothing we can cling to or hold on to....
by Benard Makaa | Apr 24, 2019 | Poems, Stories
I have wasted the weekend in the cottage and the ocean, I have tramped in the sand and the murram, I have dined on Ugali and munched a melon, An orange and a yam. I have slept in the open, With warm breeze over my body, I have swum in the pool, And taken nudes...
by Benard Makaa | Mar 18, 2019 | Poems, Stories
Listen, my friends, and you shall hear, Of a man who fell in love, On the thirty first of December, in Twenty Twelve. Fondly remembered is this famous day and year. On a calm Sunday afternoon, While on his way to a friend’s wedding. Through the empty...
