October 2015 - Patricia Kahill's Cogitations

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Blogging on Facebook

October 28, 2015

After #UgBlogWeek, (still reading and re-visiting those beautiful blogs) I was asked if Facebook can be used as a blogging platform and if so how can one do it. This is what I think in regard to that. And these are not comprehensive views that are a must follow, we all blog for different reasons.…

Uganda And Its Things #UgBloggers7days, #UgBlogWeek, blogging, Blogs, content

#UgBlogWeek Day 7 Curated stories. Webale!

October 26, 2015

And if there is sorrow in leaving , so there is fear to stay and yet we must carry on believing that spring will come someday. Its Over! Its Over! Oh well, we need to move on to the next stage of our lives. But before we go, Sunday was the last day of #UgBlogWeek.…

Thoughts #UgBlogWeek, abilities, Curiosity, Emilie Wapnick, Multipotentialites, potential, superpowers

#UgBlogWeek Day 7: Do you know about multipotentialites and their superpowers ?

October 25, 2015

Banange, its ending or ended! It was fun while it lasted and I loved it. But before it goes, I have one another thing I need you guys to look in to or think about. A dear friend opened my mind to this. Multipotentialites And I vowed to share about it with my online community.…

Thoughts, Uganda And Its Things #TogetherWeCan, #UgbLogDay, #UgBlogWeek, Africa, Blogs, curated, our heritage, Our stories, Uganda, writing

#UgBlogWeek: Day 4 Stories Curated

October 23, 2015

“Splendor is in youth, and youth become you.” Presenting Day 4 blogs (they are 45) and this time I have arranged them in a poetic way. For Day 3 blogs see here. Don’t forget to let me know if yours is missing. Enjoy. 8 Quick Tips for a Ugandan Blogger this #UgBlogWeek In The Beginning……

Thoughts #UgBlogWeek, Pressure, shhh, Voices, Voices in my head

#UgBlogWeek 4 : SHHH

October 22, 2015

in our dreams we smooth and polish the rocks of remembrance into pearls, which, by the light of day, we demolish because reality faces the mind that swirls. Pressure will be a memory to her. No matter how much she tries, she will not be able to summon up the ghosts of it. It will…

Thoughts #UgBlogWeek, Blog, Random Thoughts, thoughts

#UgBlogWeek 3 : Random Thoughts

October 21, 2015

Curated blogs. This was one of the most exciting thing I have done this month. I read all the 55 blogs. Had a meeting with a client who says I am the best consultant she has. She makes me feel so proud of myself. I lost a distant granny papa. Bambi my granny ma, the…

Thoughts, Uganda And Its Things #ugandans, #UgBloggers7days, #UgBlogWeek, blogging, Blogs

#UgBlogWeek : Curated Stories from Day Two

October 21, 2015

Good chilly morning, As your day two curator, I am honored! This is what I found in your blogs; Lessons. Thoughts. Ideas. Encouragement. Love. Advocacy. Politics. Fiction. Technology. Testimonies. Salvation. Praise. Identity. Business. Lifestyle. I found 52 blogs (Day 1 had 59 blogs) but I am sure I have left some out, so if you…

Thoughts #UgBlog, #UgBloggers7days, #UgBlogWeek, HIV/AIDS, house wives, Obulamu, sex, Sexuality, SRHR

#UgBlogWeek 2: A lily does not last, despite the beauty of its flower

October 20, 2015

Bending in the warm morning sun on the veranda while scouring out the soup pan, out of no where a wave of fear crashed over the body that habits the soul. In that moment its known everything will never be the same again. In the far distance the cool wind can be heard in the…

Thoughts home management, homes, house keeping, house wives, Wife, women

#UgBlogweek 1: House Wife

October 19, 2015

How long does it take to peg out a load of clothes, having washed them by hand, in the early morning with a wondering promise of sun but with visible dark clouds in the horizon, onto a hang line? How many hours of a woman’s day are swallowed up in washing, cooking, cleaning, getting children…

Thoughts love, marriage, Parent hood, parents, responsibilities, sex, Virgin, virginity, young people

Why Do Parents Do this?

October 12, 2015

“The Reverend Richard Mallow had been less steely than his wife about their sinful daughter but had also been persuaded that she must marry David. At once, said Lorna. As soon as possible.” — Page 49 of An Equal Stillness By Francesca Kay Why do parents do that? Why do parents have to force girls…

Uganda And Its Things #InvestInUgChildren, Africa, children, Hygiene, Investors, Private sector, Santitation, Uganda, UNICEF, Water

The Private Sector should get involved in the situation of Children in Uganda #InvestInUgChildren

October 5, 2015

Do you know this? 30% of children do not have access to safe water. 60% of children live more than a 30 minutes trip from the nearest water source. Only 4 in every 50 households have a hand washing facility with soap and water. 8% of mothers of under 5 year old children have soap…

Month: October 2015