this open field

A couple of days ago, I was putting groceries in my trunk when this lady comes hobbling about with bags and all. Can you help me please-...

I'm preparing some youth mentorship material, and a memory comes visiting. Some years back at a youth camp I had agreed to run, I lost ...

The Meatballs: I remember the meatballs at UoN mess. Massive chunks of spiced ground beef with a whole boiled egg buried in the middle....

Remember that evil has never made its way into mainstream life as evil. Its masters work very hard in ensuring it comes clothed with the in...

Mr. Ezekiel Mutua, MBS, is a troubled man. He doesn’t know it yet, but he needs your prayers. Let me explain. You see, as the CEO of the Ke...

Visit to the Mormon Temple, Washington, DC My neighbors two blocks across kept on wanting me to go visit their temple with them. My res...

A Tale of Horror, Heart and Humanity Whose body is this? Leaving Nairobi on Thika highway "They are going to kill us in T...

I've always marveled at a marathoner's staying power. Have you ever watched those Olympics marathoners? I watch them, especia...

Flashback, 2-3 months ago. I'm in a matatu in Nairobi, and a beautiful song is blaring out through the speakers. The lyrics are quite a...

I walk round the bend from the Kenya National Theatre and down Kijabe street, looking for the food kiosks I once knew that stood some place...

I never got their names. It's enough that they inspired this blog. This past weekend, I sat opposite three people who were waiting ...

Some 20 years ago, I was in the cast of Samuel Beckett's one-acts, directed by a visiting French company, Theatre du Shaman. The thin...

These words come from one, Lupita Nyong’o’s speech about beauty, given at the Essence Awards. The seduction of inadequacy. It refers to the...

I made a promise this morning. I told my husband that I’ll meet him for a big special lunch today. It’s Valentine’s day. It’s a day off tea...