Crystal balls

The most important thing to me right now is to be myself. That’s because for the longest time, I was with someone who didn’t love me for me. And he didn’t even realise it until he met someone he did love. It hurt, but I let him go. Because true love doesn’t force. True love lets the one you love be... Sign in to see full entry.

My dream car is a Volkswagen Beetle. The old kind, like Herbie. It'll probably be black, or silver...or a bit of both. It will have a padded engine so that it purrs instead of grumbling, and raised wheels with alloy rims, and silver tinted windows. And I will love that car - I already do! So when I... Sign in to see full entry.

I'm a Kenyan, and right now there's a political crisis in my country. Like all writers, I've been writing my view of it. But a few days back, tensions eased a little, and life began to go back to normal. As normal as it can be. I worked through Christmas while most other bloggers were at home, and... Sign in to see full entry.

Life is funny. It has its own sets of conventions, labels. The most popular label is 'successful'. To be successful, I have to do things in a certain way. I have to follow a set formula. And there's a world of formulas that work; Try try again; the self-made man; rags to riches; rich relatives; have... Sign in to see full entry.

Crystal balls is, essentially, me. It is the spirit that embodies all that I am. No, not that kind of spirit. It’s more of a force, a movement, except that this one only moves inside my head. Crystal balls is princesses a la Shrek - they do love their Prince Charmings, but they can kick butt when... Sign in to see full entry.