Postcard: Prized Possession
Lagos, Nigeria – One of the vivacious women that sell fish in Lekki village along the lagoon shows off her newly caught Nile monitor lizard
Postcard: Palm Fronds and Psalms
Now begins the most important week for Christians…
Quick Dispatch from the Coastline
A heavy and dry Harmattan haze has been hanging over the Lagos skyline totally freaking out the populous. They fear acid rain as text messages have been sent around telling people to avoid the rain when it comes…
On Gaining Quicker Access Into a Culture
Isn’t it ironic that learning a culture’s pseudo-language can get you ingrained faster than fluency in its native language?
The Scarcity of Breath
oday is 2009 Blog Action Day- Climate Change. Take Action. Even if it starts with just heightening your awareness of the world around you.
Writing and Other Summertime Musings
This summer has been nothing short of a whirlwind of activity. While I was relatively anchored down (only traveling to Sweden and Nigeria), it’s been one of huge transitions: planning an intercontinental wedding, working on new assignments that came flooding in as well as burning the oil on the day job. Early last year, I’d …