As I contemplate the challenges one faces in any Bounce Back today, there is a Taita expression that keeps on coming to my mind; sekensigha (do not leave me). It is a special expression because it reminds me of my mother. I remember it because it intrigued me when I first heard her and a […]
My struggling anthurium also known as the flamingo flower is almost being swallowed by a New Guinea impatiens. Honestly, I should never have planted them together. Now I face the delicate task of separating them without killing one or both. But their coexistence has a story. When my friend Naomi gave me a small cutting […]
Can it be rediscovered? Last Sunday, as I was leaving church, I had an epiphany. A little girl caught my eye. In her small hand, she held a delicate bouquet; an arrangement of purple and white lantanas tucked into a maroon Allamanda flower, cleverly used as a vase. It was beautiful. Simple. Ingenious. That tiny […]