Merry Happy Everything 2019
I won't be offended if -you say Merry Christmas, but I'm not Christian. -you say Happy Hanukkah, but I'm not Jewish. -you say Happy Ramadan,…
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Lost in Translation: Beware the Giant Black Mamba and the Honey Badger
Habara za jioni (good evening) from beautiful Tanzania! I have two funny things to share with you today. My explicit goal is to make you…
Get Together
Are you sick and tired of hearing about Covid-19? Yeah, me too. Take three minutes and look at life on the continent of Africa, in…
Sermon on the Mount [Meru]: Impromptu Gospel Choir
Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for musical knowledge, for they shall be filled. - Excerpt from A Chorister's Beatitudes by Shirley W. McRae…
What’s the Buzz?
It's another sunny afternoon in Africa following a drizzly gray morning. We are still in the midst of masika (monsoon), but the heavy rains seem…
Of Bats and Badgers: El Murciélago
In 2004 I traveled Mexico extensively after completing the Bar Exam. The trip was wonderful and notable on many levels, but due to recent events,…
Living the Dream: Snakes, Bees, and Elephants
They say that somewhere in Africa the elephants have a secret grave where they go to lie down, unburden their wrinkled gray bodies, and soar…
African Philosophy 101: The Maize Harvest
Yesterday I watched a Swahili movie about a husband and wife living in the Meru District (my stomping grounds). They had a field of corn…
“Go Ahead . . . Snake My Day.”
Honey Badger don't care. That is, unless she sees a snake. Then you've got her full attention. We live out in the foothills of Mount…
Auf Wiedersehen, Framma
Today's post is difficult to write, but I can't procrastinate any longer. They are burying my Framma today. My mother's mother, whom I affectionately called…
Christy’s Gift
Over the last few years, I've pretty much stopped watching much news, at least on television. It's so depressing. The world is full of disease,…