Mud cakes. There was a time in my life (you can probably guess that I was quite short) when I spent an abnormal amount of time carefully crafting cakes of mud. Their purpose: to be cakes of mud; nothing more, nothing less. I’d head out into the field after a wet night or early morning, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘writings’
Most horrifying thing I’ve ever eaten
October 16th, 2009
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For at least the past two years I have had the habit of creating what I like to call the “oh my god” smoothie. Its name comes from the phrase that usually escapes my lips when I taste what I have created. This is a drink that I make with my Breville IKON blender that [...]
La Figlia che Piange – T.S. Eliot
October 2nd, 2009
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O quam te memorem virgo… STAND on the highest pavement of the stair— Lean on a garden urn— Weave, weave the sunlight in your hair— Clasp your flowers to you with a pained surprise— Fling them to the ground and turn With a fugitive resentment in your eyes: But weave, weave the sunlight in your [...]
Unexpected places and surprise finds
October 1st, 2009
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Jackie and I decided to spend her last two days with me going on an actual vacation. After spending a summer apart (she in Kenya, me in other parts of Kenya, Tanzania, London, Chicago, Denver, etc.), it seemed natural to want to relax. We cruised up to Sonoma for their Vintage Festival, tasted some wines, [...]
The Denver Dispatch of Doom – Vol. 11 (Kenya Edition)
July 13th, 2009
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Hello all, I hope this letter finds you healthy and happy. I’ve eaten a great deal of celery in the past week, a fact for which I have no explanation. I am back from Africa! In my work with The 1010 Project, I’ve spent a lot of time telling the stories of social entrepreneurs and [...]
Kenya Series – Mt. Longonot
July 6th, 2009
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A fantastic slide show, complete with funny captions, follows this post. Our team from The 1010 Project spent a few days visiting with a partner in Western Province, then headed to Lake Naivasha in the Central Highlands of Kenya. Naivasha is big and beautiful – it’s in the bottom of the Great Rift Valley – [...]
JAMBO – Kenya Living
June 17th, 2009
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Hello all. I feel strange for not being able to blog this excursion up, but my connections have been a bit slow. Oh well. It’s nice to be able to touch base here. I’m sure I’ll tweet this when we hit the road again, but if I had two words to describe the Kenyan countryside, [...]
Why I Like Sci-Fi
May 29th, 2009
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Found a neat little clip from Babylon 5 (you might remember it from back in the day – “our last, best hope for peace”) while ignoring my final for Modern Islamic Political Theory. I think it’s a great reminder of how diverse and interesting our planet is: interfaith, religion, future
