What Yusuf Knows

Text: Khalil Gibran. The Prophet.

And a man said, Speak to us of Self-Knowledge.
And he answered saying:
Your hearts know in silence the secrets of the days and the nights.
But your ears thirst for the sound of your heart’s knowledge.
You would know in words that which you have always known in thought.
You would touch with your fingers [...]

Long Way Home

A man leads his loaded bicycle through traffic in Ngong, Kenya.

The Family That Moves Together

A man, his wife and children walk the streets of Nakuru.

I Run to You

A girl runs into the arms of her father.

Waiting in Traffic

Traffic Costs Nairobi $746,000 Per Day

The Kenyan capital of Nairobi is struggling with crippling car congestion — a problems some say is so bad the country should consider transferring its capital to another city.

“Once known as East Africa’s green “City in the Sun”, Nairobi is so choked with traffic that Kenya’s architects suggest moving to [...]

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.