I’ve been thinking and writing a lot about kids lately. They are never far from my mind, whether they are American or Kenyan. It will soon be suicide season for many kids because this is also the time when acceptance letters come out. A couple of months ago I was saddened to see that 3 [...]
I didn’t think turning 65 would bother me, but it has made me pause. I know now that most of my time has been used. I’m ok with that. I have been talking to a few people about how One Village at a Time got started. I pulled out a video that I put together [...]
Today the world celebrates love and ignores the hatred. Today is Valentine’s Day. It is not a particularly important day to me. I think loving should be a year round event, but it does do a lot for the card and flower industry . Yesterday I was reading the Nation, as I do each day, [...]
We grew prize-winning roses in our backyard when I was a child. I pored salt down holes in the rock garden to kill the weeds. And then the gardener did the rest. I was back in Virginia this weekend. I forget how riveting the countryside is. I got to the horse country during photographer’s light, [...]
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