A few months ago I received a package of Botho’s new book “Meetings with Death” and its a been an absolute thrill traversing through the pages with the fictional character Eana. Botho Lejowa […]
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And what if you dont do well?
“And you ask what if you I fall? Oh darling what if you fly?” Erin Hanson Last week an announcement came through my e mail in the form of a video from Tony […]
What I am holding on to
I am holding on to the things that are important, I don’t want to waste spaces on things that are of no value. I don’t want to waste my life space on fear of […]
Our person of the day; Poovadee Tuchinda
Sometimes it looks like others have been given more hours in day, maybe 64 hours, maybe more. Meet my insanely incredible friend Poovadee Tuchinda from Thailand- a geek who travels and loves fun. We […]
Hello friends; it has been a while
The past two months I went AWOL on this space. That’s because the science things took me away. I should have been kind to pop by and tell you about it. I tried though […]
Guest post: On throwing caution to the wind and writing just writing
This is guest post by my adopted niece. I know there are many like her, talented, young undiscovered and waiting to be picked. But as Seth Godin said “reject the tyranny of being picked, pick […]
My reference point for courage; Isaac Makwala
The Makwala story. Our own blue, black and white boy. His London story. His painful IAAF World Champion 2017 story. Of course we would have preferred for the story to end with a […]
The girl who showed up, met the president and the lessons about the power of words-remembering Sir Ketumile Masire
This is a picture of a girl taken on the day in which she won national essay competition. She didn’t think she would win. The guidelines of the competition indicated that the essay must be […]
The 6th thing we often take for granted; food
“People ask me: Why do you write about food…? They ask it accusingly, as if I were somehow gross, unfaithful to the honor of my craft. The easiest answer is to say that, like […]
5 things that are fragile but we often take for granted
1.We often take time for granted We think we have all of it in the world. We postpone our dreams and plans and all the important things we are supposed to do […]