M'mbiri yonse, zizindikiro za chonde zakhala ngati malo obwezeretsa ndi opindulitsa kwa makolo amtsogolo. Paulendo waumwini, Katherine Blackledge awulula zinsinsi zawo zodabwitsa komanso nkhani zowona kumbuyo kwawo ...

“Chonde, chonde, chonde, chonde ndiloleni ndikhale ndi mwana wathanzi, wachimwemwe,” ndinanong’oneza motero pamene ndinali kuika nsembe yanga yomalizira ya nkhuyu pamapazi a chimphona chachikazi cha kubala. Linali tsiku labwino kwambiri la dzuwa kumayambiriro kwa September 2008, ndinali ndi zaka 40 ndipo sindinali ndi pakati.

Ndinayenera kuchira pambuyo pa miyezi ina yowawa ya miyezi 12 yopita padera, kuyesa kwa IVF kulephera komanso maopaleshoni achikazi, koma mnzanga atandiuza kuti Malta ndi malo opumira, zomwe ndimaganiza zinali: "Nditha kupita ku akachisi odziwika bwino ndikuchonderera aliyense. adandilola kukhala mayi."

Chifukwa chake tsopano ndinali ku Tarxien, nditayang'ana kale zifanizo za mulungu wamkazi ku Valletta Museum ndikuchezera malo akale ku Hagar-Kim, Mnajdra ndi Ggantia ndi zipinda zawo zopindika, ngati chiberekero.

Nyumba zopatulikazi ndi zakale kwambiri padziko lapansi - zakale kuposa mapiramidi ndi Stonehenge - ndipo zinamangidwa zaka 4000 zapitazo kuti zilemekeze kukumbukira kwa amayi ndikulimbikitsa kubereka kwawo. Ndinayenera kukhulupirira kuti zithunzi zawo zamphamvu za mbiri yakale zikhoza kundithandizanso.

Zikuoneka kuti ndi bwino kuyesa chilichonse pamene simungathe kutenga pakati ndi kunyamula mwana nthawi isanafike. Nthawi zonse ndakhala ndikuvala mkanda wanga wasiliva wooneka ngati kanyenyezi wokhudzana ndi chonde komanso umayi; Ndakhalanso wothandizira acupuncture, reflexology ndi mankhwala azitsamba.

M'nkhaniyi, kupanga ulendo waumwini kuti mukasilire zizindikiro zambiri za chonde monga momwe kungathekere inali njira yomveka bwino. Ndicho chifukwa chake miyezi isanu ndi iwiri yapitayo, pa tsiku lozizira kwambiri komanso lachisanu la February, pamene kukanakhala njira yabwino yopita kunyumba mwamsanga, ndinalimbikitsa mwamuna wanga kuti ndipatuke kuti ndiyang'ane seela-na- gig.

Sheela-na-gigs mwina ndizizindikiro zodziwika bwino za chonde ku Europe. Opangidwa kuchokera ku miyala ndi osemasema akale, akazi ochititsa chidwi ameneŵa amavumbula maliseche awo monyadira amakongoletsa matchalitchi ndi nyumba zachifumu za ku Britain, kumadzulo kwa France ndi kumpoto kwa Spain. Ena amagwada pansi; ena amatambasula miyendo yawo kapena kuika m’mbali mwa chiuno; awiri mwa mawonekedwe a mermaids.

Ambiri amatambasula kumbuyo kapena kuzungulira, kutembenuka kuti awone bwino pakati pa miyendo yawo; ena amakwezanso mapazi awo m’makutu. Mazana a ziboliboli amagwirizanitsidwa ndi kusowa kwathunthu kwa manyazi posonyeza ukazi wawo.

Sheela-na-gig yemwe ndidapitako tsiku limenelo ndi wotchuka chifukwa cha maliseche awowolowa manja mwa alongo ake onse. Atatsamira pakhoma la Tchalitchi cha Oxy ku Wiltshire, amaimirira mowongoka ndi manja molunjika ku nyini yake yozungulira yodabwitsa, yomwe imasonyezedwa mwachisawawa, yotambasuka kuchokera ku groin mpaka kukakolo.

Zojambula zodabwitsa komanso zowonekera bwino izi m'malo olambirira ndi aulamuliro zazindikirika zizindikiro zakubala pa kwa zaka mazana ambiri. Amene amafikako amakhala ndi maliseche omwe amasinkhidwa kapena kuchotsedwa pambuyo pa zaka mazana ambiri akuwagwira ndi manja olimbikitsa.

Koma ngakhale kuyang'ana m'maso kumakhulupirira kuti ndikokwanira kuthandiza: mwambo wozungulira sheela-in-konsati ku St Michael's Church ku Oxford umafuna kuti akwatibwi onse aziyang'ana chithunzicho popita ku ukwatiwo. Sindinathe kugwira nawo shila-at-concert kutchalitchi cha Oxy, ndidangomuyang'ana ndikumupempha kuti andithandize.

Mantha obwera chifukwa cha chiwopsezo cha kusabereka ali paliponse. Poyankha izi, chitukuko chilichonse m'mbiri yonse chapanga zizindikiro za chonde kuti zitsimikizire moyo wa mibadwo yamtsogolo. Ambiri, mofanana ndi milungu yachikazi ya ku Melita, amaika maganizo awo pa maonekedwe a akazi amaliseche.

Zakale kwambiri mwa izi ndi ziboliboli za Stone Age Venus. Zina n’zaukulu wa kanjedza ndipo zimaoneka kuti zinalinganizidwira kugwiridwa ndi kunyamulidwa, pamene zina n’zazikulu ndi zojambulidwa m’miyala; mpaka pano, anthu oposa 200 apezeka ku Ulaya konse ndi kum’maŵa, mpaka ku Siberia. Wodziwika kwambiri mwa awa ndi Venus wa Willendorf, chithunzithunzi chokongola cha miyala yamchere yamtali 11 cm chomwe chimawonetsa pachifuwa chake chokulirapo, matako ndi mawonekedwe amimba komanso nyini yeniyeni.