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Dancing

As a follow up to last week’s post, today’s guest post is by my twin sister, Sharon Malonza. If you’ve … More

African writing, Fear, Guest post, Kenyan writing, Living sensually, Sharon Malonza

TENDING TO MYSELF

I’m allowing myself space to tend to my beginnings. This means that I am trying to be gentle with myself … More

African writing, creating, doing, Kenyan blogger, Kenyan woman writer, tending to myself

THE AFTER LIFE

Death leaves a lingering taste in your mouth. I suppose this is why the seemingly African tradition around grievers is … More

African writing, Death, Grief, Kenyan female writer, Kenyan writer, The after life

SURRENDER

I’ve been trying to be more deliberate about rest and taking care of myself. Deliberate, because rest for me has … More

African writing, Kenyan woman writer, Kenyan writer, Rest, Taking care of yourself

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Red is quite an intimidating color. It boldy takes up space on your behalf. I don't where red often but I'm getting a little more comfortable with allowing myself to be seen and occupy space, even and sometimes especially, when it is uncomfortable.
I like to have my nails manicured. A mani/ pedi, as I like to call it, has moved up my list of most enjoyable indulgent activities. Now that I mostly maintain my own hair, the feeling of my hair being washed and massaged at the sink is now infrequent.
Took these beautiful pictures earlier this week as part of @sharonmalonza & I's attempts to learn how to self shoot. The rest of the pictures from this littu session are up on my blog, bloomingbutterfly.me (🔗 in bio), together with some of my thoughts about rest and how I plan to take better care of myself this year.
Nothing intentional about this picture but I love it. I suspect it's largely because I was freshly excited about my cut.
In between moments of tenderness.
Playing with color palettes is my latest fashion obsession. Whether it's different shades of the same color to create a variation of a monochrome look or color blocking at the other end of the scale, it's all fascinating. 😍😍
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