Home away from Home

“I am drawing this dragon for you, to hang it in your bedroom” – he said to me nonchalantly without looking up, focused on his task at hand. Taken by surprise, I stared at the blank sheet of paper. His drawing was happening easily and swiftly, with no hesitation his magic dragon emerged from the

Sacred forests of Coastal Kenya

While vacationing on the coast in Kenya this summer, we were very fortunate to stay in one of the rare foreign-owned houses built in the traditional Kenyan way using galana (slate) and featuring a round makuti, thatched roof. We were also fortunate to have the only climbable water tower in the neighborhood, which allowed us

World Oceans Day: To My Ocean Loving Friend

It may seem like life you know is over. You do not recognize the landscape you called home. You feel your home is somewhere else. Lost in heat of the neverending summer. You can hear the ocean, waves hitting your shores at night. You think you should be afraid of their welcoming sound. But you