Boyhood Dreams
A boy relaxes on a rock at a construction site in Njoro near Nakuru.
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Maria, Maria
Maria chills out at the iLab in Nairobi.
Kahenya
Technologist and famous blogger Kahenya chills out at the iLab in Nairobi.
Anticipation of a New Day
“Brand New Day” Lyrics by Sting
How many of you people out there
Been hurt in some kind of love affair
And how many times do you swear that you’ll never love again?
How many lonely, sleepless nights
How many lies, how many fights
And why would you want to put yourself through all that again?
“Love is pain,” I hear you [...]
Breakfast Treat
Holiday goers enjoy breakfast outdoors at the Outspan Hotel in Nyeri.
Street Light
A unique street light at the Sarit Center shopping mall parking lot in Nairobi, Kenya.
The Time Traveller’s Child
The Seven Selves by Khalil Gibran
In the stillest hour of the night, as I lay half asleep, my seven selves sat together and thus conversed in whisper:
First Self: Here, in this madman, I have dwelt all these years, with naught to do but renew his pain by day and recreate his sorrow by night. I [...]
Telling Tall Tales
Tell all the truth but tell it slant
Success in circuit lies
Too bright for our infirm delight
The Truth’s superb surprise.
Emily Dickinson
Humankind cannot bear too much reality.
T S Eliot. “Murder in the Cathedral”
Photo Credit: A couple enjoy a Sunday afternoon at Nairobi’s Central Park.
Her Fickle Hands
Total Palmistry: The Love Connection. By Rafe Anderson
When you meet somebody new, it can be fun to “check them out” using different techniques for character analysis. Palm reading is an age-old practice.
Here are some basic palmistry principles that are easy to learn, with a special emphasis on love and attachment.
Which Hand Should You [...]
Shining Through
Verindah poses for a photograph.
Speak Truth To Power
Speak Truth To Power by Ariel Dorfman
I don’t want to pretend I was a hero
In the beginning I had neither pen nor paper to work with
But you don’t live your life in fear
and give people power over you
who can create fear
It would be better to die early
Anything else would have tasted like ashes
That’s what you [...]
I Will Follow You
An old couple take a morning walk along a Mombasa beach.
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