Flashback Kenya

As some of my longer-term readers may recall, I lived 5 years in Kenya, East Africa. During my last two years there, I had a very challenging role in administration. One day I took on a different assignment – photographer. I visited a facility run by the Kenyan organization we partnered with – the Ruiru …

An Ideal Boy

We lived in Kenya, Africa for five years. The most numerous non-African people in Kenya are from South Asia. (There is some pretty awesome Indian food there – in fact, the best I’ve ever tasted.) One day I went into a shop run by South Asians and found a poster – “An Ideal Boy.” I …

Going to extremes

We all need to push ourselves to extremes. It’s healthy and necessary to survive. Moderation is key, of course. If you look at any professional sports player, you will see the results of pushing bodies to extremes: boxing can result in severe brain damage; ballet can result in crippled feet; football can produce the early …