Originally posted June 2016 It almost ended there, in a dark cylindrical shaft, not two feet across, and fifteen feet below Earth’s sweeter surface. Floating in raw sewage, the Kenyan baby boy survived because of a simple misunderstanding of buoyancy. By wrapping him...
When the COVID-19 pandemic reached Kenya about 10 weeks ago, we knew that Great Rift Valley families faced a mountain of challenges ahead. Jobs would be scarce and money even tighter than usual for those normally living on less than $2 per day, which described the...
Oh, the mud splattered victims Have to pay out all along the ancient highway Torn between half-truths and victimization Fighting back with counter attacks It’s when that rough God goes riding When that rough God goes gliding And that rough God goes riding Riding on...
____________________________________________________________________________ The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page. St. Augustine of Hippo ____________________________________________________________________________ Weeks of planning,...
These are the days of miracle and wonder. And don’t cry baby, don’t cry, don’t cry. – Paul Simon, The Boy in The Bubble (Graceland, Warner Bros. Records, 1986) Our memorable and dichotomous day began on the winding mountain road up to Eburru, a...
