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Think big start small How do you translate think big, start small into kiswahili?Is it wazia mambo makubwa, anza na mambo madogo? I thought I had nailed it when that translation came to my mind but then I stumbled upon a Kiswahili proverb that captures the heart of the exhortation even more powerfully: ukitaka kufuga […]
Creativity, Self Reflection – Interlinkages Long before my sister went to school and learnt how to sing and dance to songs that I found truly hilarious like mzee mzee nipatie tumbako nikuchezee kidogo, nikuchezee kidogo, na breakdance kidogo, na twist kidogo (old man give me some tobacco snuff I dance to you a little, some […]
Today morning as I settled down to write about the African/Black writers’ books I read in March, I got a curious phone call. The man on the line, who seemed to be in a very noisy place, from the shouting in the background, announced to me that he was calling me from the auspicious Royal […]
What a beautiful way to celebrate the International Childrens book day – 2nd April 2025 My dad used to say Taita is the Switzerland of Kenya! He should have known given his love of geography and his friendship with the Irish Holy Ghost fathers who were also his teachers. Lately I have been trying to […]
Reactions in the face of conflict or threat Thanks to the book I’ll take some self love with that I have discovered a fourth reaction in the unproductive ways we respond in situations of conflict or when feeling threatened. I first heard of two reactionsFight or FleeAnd for a long time I have only been […]
I found this video by Magis Digital Home POWERFUL. It deserved a post all by itself because it is deeeep and special and speaks to an irrefutable truth about strong women! Strong women don’t wait for doors to open – they build their own! Magis digital Home
There is something special about this year’s IWD, why else would the likes of me be so keen about its celebration? So enthused have I been about this day this year that I was disappointed when my pastor did not mention anything about it explicitly! Its only the third year since I first took keen […]
The horror of watching the video wouldn’t stop me! I was stupefied but I still couldn’t stop myself from going back to it in utter disbelief. I watched it 4 or 5 times before deleting it so that even if I succumbed to the temptation to watch it again in the hope that I could […]
If you don’t find me scribbling down musings on this blog, you’re likely to catch me knee-deep in architectural drawings and technical designs.
There was a season when I embarked on a rather unexpected journey—a bief, yet illuminating stint on the board of a state corporation.