Uncertainty, old wounds and familiar restraints can keep us seated. Life asks us to put down needless weight and step into the road ahead.
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We spend years preparing to live, chasing destinations that may never matter as much as the road, choices and companions that shape us.
The Journey Is the Life, Part One: The Road Before Arrival Read More »
A new reader-powered series about the strange, funny and contradictory things we do in ordinary life, and the questions hiding inside them.
Everyday Why? The Strange Business of Being Human Read More »
An age-old riddle, a viral reel, and what the science actually says. Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution. Theodosius Dobzhansky The question that refuses to die Some questions are older than our grandfathers’ grandfathers. This one sits comfortably in the hall of fame of conversations that never truly end, right
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“Looking back at twelve months of ink, suspense, reflection, and the stories that anchored our year.” Time flies indeed. When we closed the books on calendar year 2025, the analytics revealed a fascinating mosaic of what readers kept coming back to. Some were reflections written in the quiet hours of January; others were thrilling serial
Top and Popular Stories of 2025 — Annual Review Read More »
“It is almost seven years since I published the first story on this blog. I still get a special feeling each time the numbers show that an old story has found a new reader.” Time flies. On 17 October 2019, I published Be audacious, take that blind leap – my interview story. It was my
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The Unexplained Files, Post 03 Six hundred years old. More than a century of modern decoding attempts. Generations of cryptographers, linguists, medievalists and, lately, computers trained to notice patterns that human eyes miss. Still, nobody can read it. The Voynich Manuscript looks almost welcoming at first. Its pages are filled with neat lines of looping
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By March, lives tentatively rebuild across Lagos and Oxford, while pregnant Karo begins another campaign.
Loose Ends — Chapter 49: For the Bread Read More »
Sarah tells her sons about divorce and Oxford, finding hope within their painful family transition.
Loose Ends — Chapter 48: Neither House Second Read More »
Folasade joins Mama Bolu, confronts shared complicity, and waits for Karo while they share bread.
Loose Ends — Chapter 47: Bread in the Shade Read More »
Tobe regains her job and deletes stolen leads; Dara cautiously reopens her home to Felix.
Loose Ends — Chapter 46: The Door Left Open Read More »
Mr. Briggs confronts his prejudiced misconduct, rehearses an unfamiliar apology, and telephones Tobe that afternoon.
Loose Ends — Chapter 45: The Eleventh Rehearsal Read More »
Felix surrenders his surveillance evidence, accepts possible prosecution, and warns that Karo always plans escapes.
Loose Ends — Chapter 44: The Next House Read More »
Tobe and Dara decline prosecution while Inspector Danjuma traces Karo’s calculated disappearance and drug theft.
Loose Ends — Chapter 43: A Complaint, A Little Read More »
Sammy accepts Sarah’s departure, confesses to his mother, and recognises Karo’s exploitation with belated compassion.
Loose Ends — Chapter 42: The House He Left Read More »
Sarah accepts Oxford, confesses her sabotage, sets divorce terms, and releases the rope she carried.
Loose Ends — Chapter 41: The Rope Set Down Read More »
Bayo senses his parents’ separation and draws two homes linked by hope, distance, and love.
Loose Ends — Chapter 40: Two Houses and a Long Road Read More »
Dara and Sarah share anger, accountability, uneasy respect, and practical terms beside the waiting police.
Loose Ends — Chapter 39: A Workable Bridge Read More »
Karo escapes along the beach, discards evidence, and immediately begins planning beyond her spectacular failure.
Loose Ends — Chapter 38: Somewhere With a Long Road Read More »
Sammy awakens, clears Sarah, reveals his vasectomy, and destroys Karo’s claim of carrying his child.
Loose Ends — Chapter 37: The Secret He Carried Six Years Read More »
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