this open field

When a generation of youth is blind to the sacrifices of the shoulders they stand on, they become a boot on other shoulders and start a ne...

Story Story! - Story come! In one of the high schools I went to (those were the days one graduated from secondary school to high school),...

*This blog is a personal account of the past, an exorcism of sorts, and does not seek to target any specific individuals. Power: They...

One day, my mother pulled me out of school. Just for a day. I was 17.  It had occurred to her that I needed to be given a rite of passage....

I got into a bit of a tiff with three young ticketing officials at the Voi SGR train station over legitimate tickets that needed name-change...

Making a Resolution:  Willpower is overrated. I’ve heard about people going cold turkey on bad habits - too much smoking, cracking knu...

* Warning: Graphic imagery ahead. Read on an empty stomach.   # Kenya   # Highschool   # Pumwani One day, true story, the toilets in the ...

I was reminded that the 20th anniversary of the bomb attack in Kenya and Tanzania just went by. August 7th. Perhaps with very low-key comme...

Fattening and Sickening “During the mission period, 3 out of 4 of the coastal Indians perished. They’d lived well free, but as soon as we...

The prayerboy: Mohamed. Little boy back in Standard 4. All of 9 or ten years old. We were in the same class. Fast-talking little brat ...