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Tag Archives: Kenya
The Merry Matatu Marathon
When we rant and rave about “the Authorities”, and bemoan the plight of Africa’s wildlife, we often forget what it used to be like. Here’s a press cutting I’ve dug out from over thirty years ago, from Kenya’s now defunct Langata … Continue reading
The Joys of Spring
Last weekend I enjoyed one of my favourite things. Since coming to the UK from Kenya sixteen years ago, my one biggest challenge was leaving behind our animals and learning to live without any dogs, cats, horses, cows, chickens, geese, in a strange new … Continue reading
Posted in Thoughts
Tagged birds, Chilham Castle, Coombelands, dressage, dressage judge, English estates, horses, Kenya, May Bank Holiday, Olympians, south downs, UK
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Life in Africa – Then and Now
It is still Black History Month, and I’ve been casting my mind back over my years in Kenya, digging out old photographs of colonial days. I know that’s not a popular word nowadays, but I couldn’t help being a “colonial.” And we … Continue reading
Posted in Kenya
Tagged Black History Month, Kenya, Lake Elmenteita, Loreto Convent, Njoro, Sir Ernest Vasey, Treetops, Young Farmers Club
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In Love With Africa
There’s something about Africa – especially Africa south of the Sahara – which gets to you. You only have to live there once for a short time, to get the bug. Perhaps it’s the extraordinary light, translucent, clear, pristine, … Continue reading
Posted in Breath of Africa, Kenya
Tagged Africa, equator, highlands, In Love, Kenya, Menengai crater
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Shillingi, and Kenya’s Black History
This year in the UK we are celebrating Black History in this month of February, 2016. Its purpose is to make people aware of the so-called Dark Continent which is often forgotten, cast aside as of no importance in our rapidly moving society, … Continue reading
Always a Dreamer
As a child, I would curl up in a corner of the window seat, looking out onto our glorious African garden in the Highlands of Kenya – I was always a dreamer… Beyond the fence of our twelve acre plot lay … Continue reading
Posted in Thoughts
Tagged Books, Crooked Cat, Dr. Zhivago, Great Rift Valley, Kenya, Lake Nakuru, Travel
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The Joy of Giving
Christmas is coming – do I hear your inner groans ….? I’m sure most people have experienced the joy of giving, especially to someone who really needs and appreciates your gift. But in this hemisphere, when the days draw in, some … Continue reading
Posted in Authors, Breath of Africa, I Lift Up My Eyes
Tagged Africa, Best Seller, Black Friday, Breath of Africa, Christmas, Doris Lessing, faith, I Lift Up My Eyes, Kenya, Micro-financing, Nicholas Monserrat, Nobel Laureate, Psychological thriller, Superstition
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After Years of Professional Freelance Writing and Editing…
Stephanie Smith Diamond is an American writer, editor, runner, hiker, traveller, and expat, who has travelled throughout the United States, Europe, Asia, and Africa. I have only just met her, and I’m looking forward to reading her book, which seems to have evolved a bit … Continue reading
Posted in Authors
Tagged Africa, Bamako, Bujumbura, Burundi, India, Kenya, Mali, Mount Kilimanjaro, Olduvai Gorge, Rwanda, Tanzania, trqaveller
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Now THERE’s A Thought –
A thought has come to my mind. I visited an old friend recently (she and I played tennis together as teenagers in the Rift Valley). We were talking about this ‘n that. She had a small Kakuzi Fibrelands investment in Kenya … Continue reading
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