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(Originally published in Common Place Quarterley's " Character(s) To Live By" column) I’m writing this article in the middle of the...

(Originally published in Common Place Quarterley's "Character(s) To Live By"column) If I chose to hide you away, it is for a reason. I have brought you to this place. Drink in the silence. Seek solitude. Listen to the silence. It will teach you. It will build strength Let others share it with you. It is little to be found elsewhere. Silence will speak more to you in a day than the world of voices can teach you in a lifetime. Find silence. Find solitude – and having discovered

OF HOMERS AND HEROES (Originally published in Common Place Quarterley's 'Character(s) To Live By' column) Once we Zimbabweans also sang the national anthem of our neighbour South Africa. I’ve read ‘Cry, the Beloved Country’, a South African story, at a time when my nation is in the middle of a spiralling economic downfall. Prices of everyday necessities have sky-rocketed, corruption is rife, teachers and doctors are on strike and the young and old are dying in a floundering

Moms also need to be encouraged, infused with hope, and spurred on to continue the good work of cherishing their children, knowing that their offspring are only with us for a short time and will eventually go into the world to do the Father's great works. So with these thoughts in mind, here is my ode to mothers everywhere. An Ode to a Mother's Love Love is gentle and never gives up. Mom, you speak with calm authority and love deeply, even in the face of heartache and pain. L

OF HOMERS AND HEROES (Originally published in Common Place Quarterley's 'Character(s) To Live By' column) “Homer sang of his ‘wine-dark...