Food is such a unifying force and the power of a meal amongst strangers is uniquely energising. That is the concept of canteen culture and the idea behind this unique resort in Kenya.
Ghandi puts it more wisely….
“I offer you peace. I offer you love. I offer you friendship. I see your beauty. I hear your [...]
An old couple take a morning walk along a Mombasa beach.
Endgame. By Samuel Beckett
CLOV (fixed gaze, tonelessly):
Finished, it’s finished, nearly finished, it must be nearly finished.
(Pause.)
Grain upon grain, one by one, and one day, suddenly, there’s a heap, a little heap, the impossible heap.
(Pause.)
I can’t be punished any more.
(Pause.)
I’ll go now to my kitchen, ten feet by ten feet by ten feet, and wait for [...]
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The Waking
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
I feel my fate in what I cannot fear.
I learn by going where I have to go.
We think by feeling. What is there to know?
I hear my being dance from ear to ear.
I wake to sleep, and take my waking slow.
Of those so close beside me, [...]
A policeman directs traffic at one of Nairobi’s congested roundabouts near the Nyayo Stadium.
A dust cloud settles over the landscape near Molo in Kenya.
Pedestrians walk the streets of Kampala as the sun sets.
Evening shoppers walking the streets of Eldoret.
A football match at an Eldoret recreational ground as the sun sets.
Travelers crossing a river as night approaches in Kinango District, Kenya.
Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy” – Benjamin Franklin
Scientists at the University of California have concluded that beer is good for you. It’s not always good for you. The present author quaffed so much beer on two separate occasions that on his way home he slipped and [...]
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