Tag: Atwine Mugisha
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On Time and Why We Celebrate New Year’s Day
Time. Time heals. Time flies. What a concept! When the whites came, what concept of time did they find with us? I wondered. Did they find that we told days as they did: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday…? Did we know that a month has 30 days? Did we know that a year has 366/365 days? We…
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It Went and Was Worth It—A Letter for Captain Wentworth
Dearest Kay (fictitious name), my heart beats fast for none but you. If I may have the pleasure to see this letter blue-ticked tonight, and you pick up my phone call and talk to me, I will sleep well.
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‘The Ill-fated Pregnancy’ – My Short Story Serialisation Part Two
It was coming to 4:00 p.m. and the clouds had moved to cover the sun for the light in the room had significantly lessened. The atmosphere was somber and I felt tensed. It was then that I remembered the warnings of, Sincere. She had told me to except omubowo (boredom) while we were taking her…
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‘The Ill-fated Pregnancy’ – My Short Story Serialisation Part One
Greetings to you all. I hope you are all doing fine. That you are happy is my wish for all of you. I am doing fine myself. I have been so lately occupied, but now I am here and will write more frequently. And as we forge to reestablish our relationship of writer-reader, accept my…
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The Journey Begins
I wish to welcome all of you to my writings (blog) where I will be illuminating certain events and occasions as well as topics of particular interest to my “loose pen”. It is this that forms the basis of the title, The Loose Pen. I would like to apologize in advance for any misinformed opinion…