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The group chat that planned nothing
Eleven friends, 214 messages, one Saturday, and zero decisions. Until someone stopped asking.
The Togra blog
Stories about places, field guides for making things people go to, and the occasional note on what we’re making.
Stories
Short stories about people and the things they leave for each other.
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Six friends, one Together, and Kevin
Something that only opens when all six are there. Five are there. Kevin is “niko karibu”.
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Mum has discovered voice notes
Four minutes long, recorded on speaker, starting with “Hello? Is it recording?” And somehow the best thing she ever left me.
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Every evening at the last stage
Her final exams at university, his tiny daily Drops at her matatu stage, and a conductor who became extremely invested.
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In my defence, it was unguarded
A birthday Trail, five stops, one cake, and a friend who got to the last stop first.
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Ten years at the same stage
Nia was early for once, so she slid the map back and met everyone who had ever waited at that corner.
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Sixty years, six stops
Three siblings made their dad a Trail through his own life. He cried at stop two. He will deny this.
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The note in the library
Third floor, the desk by the window, every day during exams. Someone kept leaving him things. He had theories.
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Open this when you’re back
A voice note left at the mandazi stall on the corner, for whoever would be standing there a year later.