Is this really my life?
I sat in the middle of a thorn-bush enclosed livestock corral on the side of a mountain, flicking flies out of my Samburu chai with a twig, thinking, “Is this really my life?”
I sat in the middle of a thorn-bush enclosed livestock corral on the side of a mountain, flicking flies out of my Samburu chai with a twig, thinking, “Is this really my life?”
Nairobi has chocolate chips and Corn Flakes and Snickers. Surely, somewhere in this blessed town, there is a horseradish.
Of course, this Chinese New Year ushers out the Year of the Sheep and welcomes in the Year of the Monkey. Of course it does.
Published in German- and Italian-language SIM international magazines; featured on SIM Australia and International websites. The needle rhythmically pierces cloth, the thread bringing carefully measured fabric together. Slowly, the disjointed […]
More than a week ago, I set out to record the unique, common or strange things about Kenya through photos, “Nairobi in the details.” I only meant to do it […]
Black and white is nice – sophisticated even. But if God had made it a black-and-white world, we’d never know how many hues make up a sunrise or a sunset. […]
Kenya is a lot of things. But one thing that’s true of Nairobi: it’s green. Shade after shade after shade of it.
Texture is everywhere. If owning a house and slogging through renovations for five years taught me anything, it’s that I love texture. I love how tactile differences in materials can […]
Sometimes, you just don’t have a camera. You know, for that time you’re standing in line with your milk and bread at the Nairobi version of a Wal-Mart, and the […]
When I moved to Nairobi, I knew I was leaving the trail running experience I loved behind. Feet beating a muffled rhythm over a single-track trail, the noises of civilization […]