Sirmuel1:

Welcome on board this unknown journey by a very clueless and directionless drivter. I really don't know why or what I'm doing with these short pieces, but here's (*cheers*) to your likely and maybe inevitable crash . Strap on a seatbelt and I hope you don't land on a rocky path sure to bruise you.

I'm just practicing, especially with characterization (voice, style, personality, beliefs, values, yada yada yada)... nothing is organized or researched. And I hope I'm not committing a (racial) faux pas trying to write not only life in the Western countryside as a Nigerian, but about a black country girl.

Because I've not even heard of that, come to think of it!

This could be something or not.

Magnoliaa:
Who am I? Where do I even begin to describe myself? Or should I just start with the place I was born in? There are tangents to my story and this . . . this is gonna be a hell of a long snapshot of it. If it makes sense in the end? Fine. If you believe it needs a better ending? Well, that's also fine and it's life. Here, three facts I think are unusual about me: I feel drawn to a life of tending to horses. I have eyes the color of a storm. I am a black country girl.

Ishilove:

Aunty, are you an albino?

Magnoliaa:


Huh? Are you talking to me or to the character?

Ishilove:

Ze character. Breaking the 4th wall

theFilmtric:
Nice

theFilmtricsay

Thank you.
I have gone to read Ken Follett and now I'm second guessing myself.

Beloved3:


You remain one of my favorite nairalanders.

There are 3 nairalanders on my Yet Another Smart Teenager (YAST) list.

Namely fie.ryy/lovelyg.url, atlanti.a (formerly Col.ik), and then yourself (Magnoli.aa). (Most of them probably aren't teenagers anymore, including yourself. I haven't followed any in a long while.)

Yep that's how much I rated you after reading through the delivery of your stories in the literature section and the distinction of the collection in your picture diary and the smartness of your debates.

You are distinct and very intelligent.

I could go on another banter with you tomorrow, but that is my obvious opinion about you.

I chose to drop this here just for information sake.

Beloved3:



@ the bolded, thanks for accepting my apologies.

Going through your picture diary still gives me a feeling I have not put a word to. They are awe-inspiring.

Do you find the pictures with intent or you just scroll through the internet and pick any nice picture that jumps to you?

What I mean is.... what guides your selection of those pictures?

Beloved3:


You remain one of my favorite nairalanders.

There are 3 nairalanders on my Yet Another Smart Teenager (YAST) list.

Namely fieryy/lovelygurl, atlantia (formerly Colik), and then yourself (Magnoliaa). (Most of them probably aren't teenagers anymore, including yourself. I haven't followed any in a long while.)

Yep that's how much I rated you after reading through the delivery of your stories in the literature section and the distinction of the collection in your picture diary and the smartness of your debates.

You are distinct and very intelligent.

I could go on another banter with you tomorrow, but that is my obvious opinion about you.

I chose to drop this here just for information sake.

fieryy:



Awwwww, lol. No we definitely are no longer teenagers. Just turned 22 few months ago, lol.

Beloved3:


Thanks fieryy. Happy belated birthday �� and best wishes. �