Archive for January, 2006

An Homage to Solitude

Posted by Madhu B. Wangu on January 17, 2006

The year-end holidays: Shopping in groceries and malls with well-equipped merchandise and clamoring crowds. Baking and boiling. Sweeping, mopping and dusting. Roasting and toasting. Food and fun with family and friends. At home, love abounds.
Each year my husband and I look forward to spending the holidays with our daughters, son-in-law, and [...]

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Readings for January - February 2006

Posted by Madhu B. Wangu on January 1, 2006

Keeping Quiet
Pablo Neruda
Now we will count to twelve
And we will all keep still
For once on the face of the earth,
let’s not speak in any language;
let’s stop for a second,
and not move our arms so much.
It would be an exotic moment
without rush, without engines;
we would all be together
In [...]

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