Month: December 2017

The year I turned eleven, I was feeling blue on June 17. No one, no one at all had remembered my birthday. Some …

When it rained or when it was cold, the dogs favorite place to sleep was under the car. Dad had a big kennel …

Since we couldn’t keep all five puppies, we had given away Leon’s brother Monty to Sultana Aunty. Her sons loved the puppy but …

When Whitie was a year old we got new neighbors that seemed very mysterious. There were lorries going to and from their house …

Whitie loved water. Sometimes Mummy took us swimming to the Westlands Primary Pool. She was a favorite teacher there so she had the pool …

Two of my classmates saw us and teased me about how my dog wanted to come to school to help me study, that I …

One morning I was walking to Westlands Primary School as usual when my dog Whitie tagged along. No one had tied up Whitie …

When I close my eyes and think of Kampala, I see green everywhere. Green, rolling hills, green banana trees overflowing with huge bunches …

My college students were talking about shopping for Christmas gifts on Black Friday during a break in our English class.
“I don’t have …

 
Esmail Shariff II died one year ago, on December 23rd, 2016 a few weeks after his 49th birthday on October 16th.  I don’t …