Category: Inspirational

Everything needs maintenance at one time or another – especially if it has a heartbeat and walks on two legs! Sometimes events rock our world…

Are you still holding on to what someone else said about you 50, 20, 10 years ago maybe yesterday?  I know I struggle, more than…

Imagine walking through double doors with a sign that says, “you’re not in the DMV anymore”. (For my international readers: DMV is District, Maryland &…

Out of the corner of my eye I saw a quick movement. I looked down and realized I was right next to his front door.…

How do you hold onto that which you believe cannot be captured? We have all experienced the often-contradictory moments of savoring what we see before…

Do you ever wonder if the person in a coffin knew just how many people really cared for him? We find out so much about…

A well-meaning friend sent me a State Department issued travel advisory for Nigeria. Yes, there are a lot of serious problems in Nigeria at this…

I have never been fond of artificial flowers. The “silk flowers” version looks much better now. Sometimes you have to go up and touch them…

Accident! What a name – no offense to the people who live there. It’s just … well … unusual. In a nutshell, the town is…

“Third culture kids” have spent a portion of their formative childhood years (0-18) in a culture different than their parents’. Typically, they develop their identities…

Here it is, you have a breakfast tray before you (your life) and on it there’s oatmeal, fresh fruit, OJ and everything else that represents…

Pictures are worth a thousand words, or so they say! Moye, a talented photographer, documented my work during a recent trip to Lagos, Nigeria –…

The Lekki Conservation Area just outside Lagos, Nigeria is like a green oasis — a soothing, cool respite from the bustling, impatient traffic that typifies…

The other day I thought about Pluto — yes, the ex-planet Pluto! It is one of the constant reminders that change is all around us.…

I recently found out that March 1st was the first day of the year – according to the ancient Roman calendar. It is celebrated as…

“Yes, that’s me … and, I jumped!”. There are many things people are afraid of: public speaking, death, flying, water, spiders, rejection, failure and success…

The love stuff is 50% off in stores, and African American history has about six days left … no, file him away until next year…

What matters enough for you to do something about it? We give a lot of attention to things that – at the end of the…

From my Lamu House (see the Lamu post!) room balcony, I watched this man dumping water out of his boat – bucket, by bucket, by…

“It is impossible, said pride. It is risky, said experience. It is pointless, said reason. Give it a try whispered the heart” Ali Lamu (copied…