Transitions

by Dr. Gail Townsend Just as nature transitions from season to season, so do we as individuals. Each transition that we encounter as humans could be considered a seasonal transition. It is not a fast process moving from summer to autumn, from autumn to winter, from winter to spring and…

The Beatles quietly broke up in September 1969 just several weeks after their final sequentially recorded album Abbey Road was completed. To no one’s real surprise, John Lennon informed them that he was leaving. It wasn’t until the following April that the breakup became official. Millions of their fans around…

Hybrid poem — She inhaled the eyeball of earth spitting out its girth — as if — only her delight was orbiting round the warming sun She grew up hippie surrounded by hippies bare foot loose fitting skirt toes and ankles cooled by the dewey earth it was all hers — this immortal earth…

The removal of the subsidy presents an opportunity for comprehensive economic transformation The most unbiased reaction to President Bola Tinubu’s inaugural speech came from the markets; the stock market did a record rally — its highest jump after an inaugural speech by an elected Nigerian president — whilst Nigeria’s dollar…

We all experience transitions–moving out of our childhood home, losing a loved one, navigating an illness, or ending a relationship. We go through the motions and if we are lucky we may have a little presence for how we want to show up in that transition. It changes us, at…

I’m at a time in life when people around me are getting married, having babies, getting promoted, getting engaged, buying a house, etc. I find people asking me where I want to end up, when I’ll settle down, when I’ll start my own studio (since I’m vocal about wanting to…

I’m not into ‘you have to read all the way to the bottom of the article’ setups, so the answer is: Your privilege is asking you, ‘would they pick me?’ Let me explain. I am a westerner. I have a job and I love my job. It’s a very specialised…

“And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.” ― Anais Nin Disclaimer: Before reading this post, please take a moment to read the Preamble post tagged here to get a sense of the “Nugget” structure…

When people are afraid, they are more likely to vote into office a strongman — someone that they think will bravely lead them through. Unfortunately, these men (and they’re always men), are usually authoritarians. We must be aware of this and guard against it. Why are we scared? Our children…