Seasons of Silence

Dear Reader,

It has been a long silence of writing, a period in whic I have been cornered to explain why I write no longer. I have had to make vague noises and excuses that have hardly satisfied those who long to read from me.

But the fact is, I have really been writing - except writing in other forms that may not have been accessible to you. There is a kind of writing that must be called private writing which only become public at a later point.

Then there is the other kind of public writing that instantly must get to public attention because you are commenting on topical issues that cannot wait. But you need to be close to the events if you are to be a relevant writer. Being away from Malawi has not helped me much in this case, and absence from my homeland has partly threatened to suck up pen dry. It really never dried though, and write on this blog, I will.

While I withdraw with promises that I am fanning the flames of this blog again, I can only say "So long." Farewell never!

Bright