This piece continues the story of my primary school days at St Andrew’s Junior School. At St Andrews the boarders arrived the day before the first day of each school term that allowing us to unpack, be oriented to our surroundings and timetables and have the rules of the boarding school read and explained. The parquet flooring throughout the…
We’re in fantasy land again today and thinking about what our perfect day might look like. Most of us would find that a no brainer but equally most of us would struggle to fit all the things we love to do in to just one perfect day. Below is one of the many perfect days…
In our material world everything takes on an importance far beyond its utility. In fact we probably don’t need three-quarters of the stuff we own. I’m a hunter gatherer – which sounds so much nicer than hoarder with all its negative connotations. Eighteen months ago a land agent ambused the MOTH while he was minding…
If you had a personal assistant who would do your most dreaded tasks, which items from your to-do list would you assign out? This is another great prompt from the NaBloPoMo list for November’s blog challenge to post every day in the month. Most of my work has been for NGOs (non-government organisations) and we…
“If money was no a problem where would you retire?” This was one of the prompts offered in the NaBloPoMo November challenge and I like it because I am brimful of retirement thoughts. Money no problem? That would definitely complicate matters, it opens so many doors but I’ll keep the imagining modest. On our way home…
Boarding School Part 1 and Part 2 are precursors to this third post relating to my boarding school years and form part of my life story. *** The road trip from Kaptagat Prep School to the Nairobi airport was memorable for the speed at which we travelled. My father held his foot firmly on the…
Not coming from a family of gardeners my love of plants and the outdoors has been gleaned and nurtured by immersion in books, television programmes, magazines and friends. Now I cannot imagine not being able to sit in a garden and enjoy the peace and comfort that it gives back to us, a reward for…
Last night we enjoyed a harvest from the strawberry bath and tubs; red, juicy and big too. We topped them with coconut yoghurt imagined we were in heaven. A friend in our writing group was renovating her wheelbarrow of strawberries and gave us about twenty new runners. The MOTH (Man of The House) and I nicknamed our friend…
In your photo this week, focus on the win, the victory — that moment of glory and pride you’ll remember forever. In 2011 I graduated with a degree in social sciences. It was one of the many highlights of my life and the crowning victory of something I had wanted to do since a school…
Outside my window: there is a view of a house roof top and trees that are oh so still in the heat. My work desk faces the window although there is seldom time to watch the world go by. I am thinking: that I have completed a month long blogging challenge before but this time…
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