Archive for the 'Childhood' Category

Cross Section of Addis & Georgia 45 Comments

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The smell of yerga chaffe fills my nose and I am taken by the rich seductiveness of its scent. It takes me to Lake Tana, to the buna farmers, and back again to where I am now. Where am I? I am sitting in my boyfriend’s family’s house after [...]

arif macchiato 15 Comments

If you are like me… and like most people drinking coffee is an integral part of your daily routine. Be it one cup or five cups most of us drink at least once a day.
The few people I know that do not drink coffee; I call them decaffeinaterians, annoy me! I drink [...]

Another a Midget! 24 Comments

If you have been reading bernos for a while, then you will know that the bernos readers helped name a midget; a baby that is.
My sister had another baby boy today. Betam interesting. Eventually all these babies that all you people are having will be adults. It’s amazing!
Congratulations to my sister, I guess! I [...]

The BIG 3.0. 59 Comments

On October 12, 2008 I will ‘turn the page’ on my life — from the twenties to the thirties.
I have never thought of myself as a man, I always think of myself as a boy, although I probably have been a man by socially acceptable standards from the last ten years — and [...]

Chibo’ying Comments

A picture sent to me in one of those forwards from people I kinda know.