Participating in sports was a big part of attending Woodley Primary school, just outside Nairobi, Kenya. Football, or soccer to the North American, was the biggest team sport for the boys, second only to cricket. The girls played grass hockey and netball which is similar to basketball.
To help engender school spirit and to provide for [...]

The garden surrounding our Maseno home in Nyanza province, Kenya, was abloom. The thirty foot tall Jacaranda spread out like a purple parasol over fragrant frangipani and bushy Poinsettia trees. A bougainvillaea climbed its way up the red brick walls of our house, covering them with soft pink flowers. Steam rose from the corrugated tin [...]

Over this Saturday morning’s coffee, we await the edge of a massive tsunami that is apparently headed our way after the 8.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Chile. Apparently it is expected to arrive sometime after 3 pm PST. Looking out of my office window, the water is flat calm; a tug is slowly making its [...]