Of September Blog Everyday Challenge

Hello September

hello September
celebrating the changing of seasons, Winter Came,
Winter Left.
And Now,
Let New Challenges begin#Springday
#vss

— ~B 🇿🇼 (@Beatonm5) September 1, 2017

Today marks the anniversary of my first blog post, a dedication to my sister moon…I deleted that particular post; but it’s been four years since I created this WordPress blog.

Today is also Day One of my blog everyday challenge(s) during the month of September.

My name is Beaton but you can call me ~B.. everyone does.

beaton

My blog is titled Becoming The Muse; but to be honest the meaning of that changes everyday; there is no one truth. Yesterday I wanted you to be my muse, today I want you to be mused by me, and tomorrow maybe you shall muse yourse…… in musing you, I (a)muse myself…..

I hail from a teapot shaped country south of the continent of Africa; Zimbabwe.

A teapot shaped country

NOTE: The map is drawn not to scale, superimposed Zimbabwe to its relative position to bring out the shape

It’s the first day of spring today but we basically have two seasons, summer and winter, and it doesn’t snow, not ever. I wouldn’t be surprised that our winters are warmer than some people’s summer. Basically our seasons are hot dry season, hot wet season, cold wet season, cold dry season…. Repeat.

My blog has shifted a lot from when I first started, when it was basically a digital diary of all the stories I wanted to eventually tell and I posted at a frequency of once a very long time *hides*

Dear diary

Now my blog has become a place; alive all by its self, a place I make friends and learn and teach a thing or two… who would have thought it?

I have had a blog for years now and still I confess I never think of myself as a blogger; I am a writer who happens to have a blog:

I paint pretty pictures of what could Be,
since what Becomes,
always turns out not quite as expected.#AbWPE pic.twitter.com/NMm8n96eNz

— ~B 🇿🇼 (@Beatonm5) August 23, 2017

If I am somewhere and they say we need a blogger here, the way they say *somebody call a doctor* in the movies…..

I would be looking around as well, looking for the blogger being called for…….

And here I am, a part of not just one blogging challenge but two …. #BlogTemberChallenge and #30DayAfriBlogger both are aligned with sharing the African Narrative…

Its official; September is Africa month at least on this blog it will be….

#MyAfricaMyWords

PS I am curious if you could let me know where you are, its weird how you never really think about where the person on the other side of the screen is and sometimes you assume, even wrongly too ^_^

#30DayAfriWriter, #BlogTemberChallenge, #MyAfricaMyWords, Africa, Beaton, becoming the muse, blogging, blogging journey, Diary, muse, September, Sister Moon, teapot shaped country, Zimbabwe, ~B

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Ritu

1 Sep 2017

Good luck with your challenge! From the UK!

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1. Beaton
  
  1 Sep 2017
  
  Thank You ^_^ ♥♥♥
  Its winter there right ?
  ~B
  
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  1. Ritu
    
    1 Sep 2017
    
    Isn’t it winter here all the time??. Nah. It’s the tail end of summer!!!
    
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  2. Beaton
    
    1 Sep 2017
    
    hahahahaha you should come visit its always summer here
    ^_^
    
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  3. Ritu
    
    1 Sep 2017
    
    I’ve bern to Kenya many times. Both my parents were born there… but never ventured South. I love the weather there 😊
    
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thequarterwife

1 Sep 2017

It snows in Gweru!!! True story… Gweru girl here!!!

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1. Beaton
  
  1 Sep 2017
  
  I saw the pictures that wasnt snow, that was just some super strange hail slush something…. even the met department said so….
  Granted Gweru gets really really really really cold
  ~B
  
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  1. thequarterwife
    
    1 Sep 2017
    
    Haiwa, not then!! It was when I was young… before starting varsity. Granted it didn’t become a snowstorm, but there were a few flurries.
    
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  2. Beaton
    
    2 Sep 2017
    
    hahahahahaha if you insist ^_^
    I still just might pay a visit to the met department I have serious questions about our seasons
    ~B
    
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Mable Amuron

1 Sep 2017

But your avatar’s beard doesn’t have your signature white 👀

Hey B….. 😁

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1. Beaton
  
  1 Sep 2017
  
  my avatar is imaginary….
  ~B
  
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rukutitus

1 Sep 2017

Born and bred in Hre and had to relocate to UMP coz of work, if you think the desert is hot, better come to UMP lol.

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1. Beaton
  
  2 Sep 2017
  
  What is the full spelling of UMP, and what does that even mean, its something I have always been curious about, but never asked…..
  ~B
  
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  1. rukutitus
    
    2 Sep 2017
    
    UMP= Uzumba Maramba Pfungwe , they are the names of the three constituencies in the district.
    
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  2. Beaton
    
    2 Sep 2017
    
    Oh! its not one long word…. lol
    You learn something new everyday
    ~B
    
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  3. rukutitus
    
    2 Sep 2017
    
    Yup used to think so too before.
    
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ghostmmnc

1 Sep 2017

It’s always a pleasure to read your musings, all the way over here in TX. 🙂

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1. Beaton
  
  2 Sep 2017
  
  hellooooo ♥♥♥
  
  Thank you for dropping by glad to see you, how is weather looking like yonder?
  ~B
  
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  1. ghostmmnc
    
    2 Sep 2017
    
    🙂 … The weather here where we are is nice and warm, but not too hot, as it seems to be feeling a bit like fall. We are a long way from the coast, but have seen the devastation in south TX from the hurricane. Such a terrible situation. Hope all is good there!
    
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  2. Beaton
    
    3 Sep 2017
    
    All is good here thank you♥♥♥
    its 7am sun’s out looks like it will be beautiful Sunday
    ~B
    
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shexpress

1 Sep 2017

What a great way to welcome spring, with some writing and two concurrent blogging challenges. All the best.

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1. Beaton
  
  2 Sep 2017
  
  Thank You ♥♥♥
  This should be fun, I hope I can pull it off
  ~B
  
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Josh Gross | The Jaguar

2 Sep 2017

Hello B! Blogging every day sounds like it’ll be quite a challenge. In fact, it’d be too much of a challenge for me! But then, again I probably pit too much thought into my posts.

I never realized that Zimbabwe is shaped like a teapot! Well, that’s a good thing to be shaped as. I’m currently writing from far northern California, and right now we’re surrounded by forest fires. Some of the locals keep saying they can’t remember another fire season like this – it almost seems like the climate is changing. But that’s not something we’re supposed to talk about in the US.

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1. Beaton
  
  2 Sep 2017
  
  Hi Josh!!!!
  If it wasnt challenging it wouldnt be called a challenge, it would be called a walk in the park hahahahahaha
  
  A teapot is a good thing and tea is great…. some of the best tea in the world comes from here or it used to, then it would be packaged in some fancy brand and for Her Royal Majesty The Queen of England.
  
  California, isnt that place always summer at least thats the vibes I get from the movies and songs …. California Dreams
  ~B
  
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  1. Josh Gross | The Jaguar
    
    2 Sep 2017
    
    I had no idea that Zimbabwe made such good tea! If I’m ever in your country I’ll have to try some!
    
    Haha, in Southern California it is always summer, but up here in the North it’s never summer! Th temperature here rarely gets above 21º Celsius. There’s a reason all the celebrities live down South 😉
    
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  2. Beaton
    
    3 Sep 2017
    
    ask me nicely…. I might hook you up something for Christmas ^_^
    
    Ah Southern California thats where the dreams are made and stars die.
    ~B
    
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beauty’s daughter

2 Sep 2017

Looking forward to more! Yay!

I have it on good authority that our seasons are: summer, winter, almost-Christmas, and Christmas 😂

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1. Beaton
  
  2 Sep 2017
  
  hahaha what season are we in now?
  ~B
  
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  1. beauty’s daughter
    
    2 Sep 2017
    
    Almost-Christmas 😂
    
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  2. Beaton
    
    2 Sep 2017
    
    I saw a Christmas advert on TV just the other day lol
    ~B
    
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  3. beauty’s daughter
    
    2 Sep 2017
    
    See?! T’is the season…
    
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oneta hayes

2 Sep 2017

I enjoyed your remarks about your home country. A teapot – that will make me remember. I was all wrong. I thought Zimbabwae was in northern Africa. I’m all the way round from you. Oklahoma, USA, and my state is shaped like a pot with a handle. That handle is called the Panhandle. We will enter fall in about three weeks. It is quite nice here. We are several hundred miles north of Hurricane Harvey’s rampage. It is about 3:15 am and I should be asleep.

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1. Beaton
  
  2 Sep 2017
  
  Thank Oneta… A teapot stays gives you warm thoughts hahhaha
  So its storm season in your neck of the woods?
  ~B
  
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  1. oneta hayes
    
    3 Sep 2017
    
    Texas is our neighbor to the south; however the storm is in south Texas so it is several hundren miles away. We have had wonderful weather. 😀
    
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  2. Beaton
    
    3 Sep 2017
    
    Glad you are safe and your weather is wonderful
    ~B
    
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D

2 Sep 2017

Hey, well done 👏… nice opener for the challenge… good luck with the rest of it… Keep writing (Hollering at you from dirty south London #AfroBritTings) 😊

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1. Beaton
  
  3 Sep 2017
  
  Thanks …..
  what it look like there… its sunny we a chance blue beautiful skies today.
  ~B
  
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Buhle

2 Sep 2017

Born and bred in Bulawayo, KoNtuthu ziyathunqa. The city of Kings and Queens. I’m currently residing in the U.S. …I love my teapot shaped country (never realized it’s shaped like that). lol. But I have been following your blog for a while. I just started posting a lot now. I’m pretty new to this blog life. Give me a shout out sometime;)

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1. Beaton
  
  3 Sep 2017
  
  you are not patriotic!!! hahahaha
  are you taking part in the challenge? please say yes? lol
  ~B
  
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  1. Buhle
    
    5 Sep 2017
    
    yes I am
    
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Buhle

3 Sep 2017

hopehaver.wordpress.com

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kindredspirit23

30 Sep 2017

Enjoyed the visit into your mind and world. Thanks for blogging.
Mine: https://kindredspirit23.wordpress.com/2017/09/07/shades-of-vanilla-and-grey/

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1. Beaton
  
  1 Oct 2017
  
  Thank you for dropping by will check your blog soon
  ~B
  
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glitzandglam4lyfe

3 Jan 2018

I am also doing specifically a diary blog 😀

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1. Beaton
  
  3 Jan 2018
  
  Awesome stuff will check it out,
  ~β
  
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