{"id":3117914,"date":"2008-12-01T00:00:35","date_gmt":"2008-12-01T05:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/matembezi-ya-alasiri\/"},"modified":"2008-12-01T00:00:35","modified_gmt":"2008-12-01T05:00:35","slug":"matembezi-ya-alasiri","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friendsjournal.org\/sw\/matembezi-ya-alasiri\/","title":{"rendered":"Matembezi ya Alasiri"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Baada ya kipindi cha mvua, siku zenye huzuni, moja wapo ya Siku ya Shukrani, ambapo mboni za macho zenye huzuni na giza zilichoka sana hivi kwamba walivamia kati ya barabara za ukumbi tayari kuwakamata watoto wasio na hatia, wasio na mashaka, walioshuka moyo, walionaswa na wenzao wa nyumbani (kamwe bila matokeo ya Kiungu), nje, nje, kutazama nje ya madirisha hakuweza kugundua majani ya tambarare, ya manjano kama vile vichaka vilivyowekwa kwenye ardhi. maelezo, majike wa kijivu wakiruka juu ya nguzo za simu (unaogopa kwa vifo vyao vya ghafula ambavyo vinafanya kila mtu akose nguvu), na inflatables za likizo zilipungua chini kana kwamba wavulana wadogo walizunguka usiku na bunduki za dart kimya, na vijana ambao walipata leseni zao nyuma ya magurudumu; yote haya katika mvua ya kutosha, na kuloweka, kisha siku iliyofuata kukauka na kuwa nyepesi, na jamii yetu ikatoka.<\/p>\n<p>Nilianza na sehemu ya mbele ya jengo langu na wakazi wenzangu: &#8221;Hallo! Siku njema! Joto, pia! Nimefurahi kukuona pia.&#8221; Nilisema vivyo hivyo kwa wale wanandoa wazee kwenye baraza lao kando ya barabara, na kuendelea. Mama na marigold walioonekana kama wanyonyaji weupe walioangushwa na watoto barabarani jana walikuwa wamejaa mwili na manjano, wekundu na peach. Nilivuka barabara na kwenda kwenye mgahawa wa vyakula vya afya. &#8221;Nilitaka kusema tu&#8221;; Siwezi kumudu mahali hapa, lakini ninaipenda\u2014itabidi nimlete rafiki tajiri wakati fulani. Kabla hajanishukuru na kusema siku njema, nilitoweka barabarani hadi kwenye nyumba ya wazee ambapo walikuwa wamekaa kimya wakishika miale kadhaa. &#8221;Hi! Siku njema!&#8221; &#8221;Oh, ndiyo: siku nzuri.&#8221;      <\/p>\n<p>Nilikata kona na kupita kituo cha wakubwa jirani na kuingia kwenye uchochoro. Mtaa huu ulinikumbusha majira ya joto chini ya vichochoro hivi ambapo mashamba ya mizabibu mwitu na mikuyu ilikua kwa uhuru na matunda yalikuwa matamu ikiwa hauchagui. Nilizunguka kwa daktari wa macho: kiokoa macho. Kisha nikigeuka kusini, nilianguka kwenye duka langu la dawa. Tom muuza dawa alikuwa na shughuli nyingi sana asiweze kuzungumza, lakini alinikaribisha kwa uchangamfu kabla ya kurudi kumweleza mteja mmoja mzee jinsi ya kutumia dawa yake. Kisha nikatembea nyumbani. Nilikuwa na wasiwasi kuhusu mtoto akiendesha skateboard yake katikati ya barabara, na kisha nikagundua inflatables zote bado zimechangiwa.      <\/p>\n<p>Sio lazima uingie kwenye jumba la mikutano la Quaker ili kupata uzoefu wa jamii: tembea.<\/p>\n<p>Furaha ya msimu wa baridi, kila mtu.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Baada ya kipindi cha mvua, siku zenye huzuni, moja wapo ya Siku ya Shukrani, ambapo mboni za macho zenye huzuni&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":937,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9822],"tags":[11476],"fpb_issue_category":[],"class_list":["post-3117914","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-vipengele","tag-ukuaji-wa-kiroho"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Matembezi ya Alasiri - 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