Village Rainbows

Month: April 2010

  • THE WRITING MOOD

    The writing mood

    comes from time to time

    Spirit directs the pen

    to the paper

    says you should write about the

    sun/rise/set/shine

    or

    something else

    unrelated

    and pen complies

    how many topics are there that require intense

    scrutinizing?

    analysing?

    elucidating?

    Go ahead

    Pick one

    any one

    one that catches your

    fancy

    and then

    WRITE

    Go ahead

    I dare you

    Because you are a

    natural

    you have the power to

    amaze

    to amuse

    you have the capacity to

    razzle

    to dazzle

    you have the ability to

    berate

    to create

    your power is in your pen

    pencil

    keyboard

    notebook

    scap of paper

    write

    just write

    write anything

    not nothing

    cause nothing is not writing

    and writing is something

    and something is power

    and you have the power

    so WRITE

  • Second ANNUAL CELEBRATION OF CREATIVITY

    That’s right, folks – the Second ANNUAL CELEBRATION OF CREATIVITY has just been announced. It will be held once again on the Rooftop of the African Rainbow in Busua on May 15.

    If you are a poet, an artiste, a performer, and if you are looking for a venue for your talent, make sure that you contact the Rainbow organizers and let them know – e-mail address – africanrainbow@gmail.com and mark your message “Celebration”.

    Check out the RainbowXpress blog for more details – http://rainbowexpress.wordpress.com

    See you there!!

  • CELEBRATING EARTH DAY – ZANZIBAR STYLE

    This is a typical roadside in Zanzibar – check it out. NO PLASTIC BAGS!! NO BLACK POLY BAGS!! NO WATER SACHET BAGS!!! Amazing to see, especially for someone like myself who lives in Ghana, where plastic bags have become part of the local scenery, and where government officials and business people and consumers have collectively chosen to look the other way and completely ignore the damage that continues to be done to our environment.

    Have another look, a little closer this time….

    So, you may ask – how did the folks in Zanzibar manage to do this? Well, it really wasn’t all that difficult. The government passed legislation making it illegal for shopkeepers to give out plastic bags and they also made it illegal to sell water in sachet bags. The citizens responded by using woven baskets and cloth bags and jute sacks and re-useable wooden crates when they are doing their shopping. The government made potable water available for the people. Voila!! Clean roadsides, unclogged gutters, no plastic bags floating in the rivers, streams and ocean – absolutely a pleasure to walk the streets in village and city, and drive along the roads and highways! Congratulations, Zanzibar!! And Ghana?? well, you can see that the example has been set – let us see if we have the collective will to follow it. Happy Earth Day!