Beaton – Becoming The Muse

Of Coffee And Going Banana Republic

Of Coffee And Going Banana Republic If you were having coffee with I would be happy you stopped by; a little company does sweep away some of thoughts circling about,…

Defining Moments

Of Something…Something… Balance…

I had a weird dream. I dreamt that I was passionately delivering a public speech at some grand occasion. I got a standing ovation or maybe people just stood up…

Of Darkness

13 Sep 201913 Sep 2019

Genre: Mystery Darkness. The darkness had woken him up. Darkness straddled his chest like a bony old hag whose surprising strength pinned him down, hands encircling his neck, squeezing the…

Of FreshlyGround

FreshlyGround and we not talking coffee. A throwback chat from almost 10 years ago with my favourite band... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-5GzjsxGU0 B: Who Is FreshlyGround? FG: Freshlyground is a multiracial multinational band…

Defining Moments

Of Silence: Is She Next?

11 Sep 201911 Sep 2019

The internet has been filled with stories of violence against women, women speaking out on rape abuse and the fear that they too could be next. #AmINext #MeToo This came…

Defining Moments

Of Coffee And Bitter Butter Better

10 Sep 201910 Sep 2019

Of Coffee And Bitter Butter Better If you were having coffee with me, I would ask you how your September has been? I would ask if it has been eventful…

Of Okey Ndibe’s Foreign Gods Inc

Book Review: Foreign Gods, Inc Foreign Gods, Inc is a fiction novel by the author Okey Ndibe published 2014, his second book after Arrows Of Rain. Foreign Gods, Inc is…

Of Afa Anaka: Asante Sana Goodnight Mr President

7 Sep 20197 Sep 2019

Asante Sana Mr President Wafa Wanaka https://twitter.com/Beatonm5/status/1169912607127605249?s=20 Afa Anaka is a Shona Proverb whose literal translation “The dead become good” loosely translates to “Do not speak ill of the dead”…

Of Okey Ndibe’s Arrows of Rain

4 Sep 20194 Sep 2019

Book review: Arrows Of Rain by Okey Ndibe Okey Ndibe’s debut novel Arrows of Rain was first published in June 2000 almost twenty years ago then second edition published January…

Of Instagram UnFollowers & NonFollowers

3 Sep 20193 Sep 2019

I have started tinkering around with my Instagram after discovering an “easy” way to post from PC (you can read how to that in my post Uploading Instagram photos via…