I fly back to Kenya on Monday morning. It is a long journey through NYC to London and then on to Nairobi. Because I fly standby to London, I give myself a day or two in London in case I get stuck in NY and can’t make my British Airways flight to Kenya. I buy [...]

Mwololo and I rode the motorcycle to Ngelani to pay our respects to Mutinda’s family. We were under the impression that the funeral would be Tuesday in Machakos. But to our surprise, there was a crowd at the home in Ngelani and preparations were being made for a Saturday funeral. All the grandmothers and widows [...]

Some sad news. Mutinda, the handicapped young man at Ngelani, died last night. He got sick (malaria) very quickly and at 11 pm they tried to get him to a clinic by wheelbarrow, since there was no one else and no vehicle to take him. The motorbike drivers are too afraid to travel at night [...]

“One Love!   One Heart! Let’s get together and feel all right.” Marley – 6 February 1945 – 11 May 1981 So I am feeling better, thank you. I was bound to come down with something – whether from the water here, the visits we made to the slums for Orphan’s Day or some cholera-like disease [...]