Sidewalk – the business of living
There is no other response to vanity, when each moment of breath is the beautiful gift called life. I wished I could drop him notes so he could close early today.
Lessons Learned
Roll back the darkness
I keep praying, drinking in the kissing of heaven and earth on my verandah. It’s speaking peace. Kenya, Cote D’Ivoire, Sudan will hear the voice of treaties and cries, as Angola and Rwanda seem to have done. Don’t fret.
Friendship – Far from the madding crowd
The lady had a book open on her lap. She had a pen and seemed to be underlining what she read out. The guy peered over her shoulder, had his face almost in her hair and – were they reading together?
African city links
Warm heart of Africa. Who can understand the depths of generosity expressed in the traditions of hospitality? They are often taken for oppression, though no one questions the Asian bows as beautiful expressions of human communication.
Money-in-Law
That group makes me nervous. Their faces can usually be found in the business class section of flights. They enjoy money more than they are able to legitimately make it. So much exceedingly and abundantly more. So how could they care about how it comes?
Unwilling traveller
No doubt. He must have come off an international flight. The stoniness of face spread through his rigidly held body and told his story without any more words. Your guess is as good as mine. He was forced out of wherever he was trying to eke a living without ‘papers’.