http://slow.writerscafe.org/Bao The original writings of author Bao en-us Copyright 2026 WritersCafe.org 1776103938 WritersCafe.org RSS Generator 15 Today I am 86 years old I want to sitOr perhaps curl upI can curl up because my bones are not old yetI hear the angry windI see the angry wind Swaying treesTrees offer no resistanceThey sway as the wind says I want to curl up in the sunIt must .. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Bao/1013710/ Food Sustains the bodyIs happyThen fillingAnd warming  FriendSustains the soulIs charmingThen fillingAnd warming MountainIs quietBut loud with presenceThen thinkingAnd pacifying KnitIs quietBut absorbe.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Bao/993689/ My long time boyfriend has multiplesclerosis and only after repeating it for the tenth time could I pronounce theword “sclerosis”, that’s how far it was from me.  On another occasion I had to learn to say “encephalitis”and that took me twenty repetitions,.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Bao/993282/ The factory is in the North West provinceof South Africa, on the side which is close to the neighbouring Gautengprovince and summer is the rainy season. Afternoon thunderstorms were most common with extraordinary lightning branchingout in the sky and it thunders like you cannot imag.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Bao/993269/ We always wanted to be something when wewere young and we always had to write an essay or do a speech about it.  Singer, actor, teacher, doctor, models andeverything else.  I wanted to be asinger.  When my sister and I discoveredthe tape recorder, it was the most amazing t.. http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Bao/993247/ Just a few things that came to mind when thinking of my 1994 in South Africa http://slow.writerscafe.org/writing/Bao/993109/