Development, Hunger, Investigation, Journalism, Kenya, Poverty, Travel
Against all odds, I have my first bath in Kajulu — in pitch blackness I can’t remember the last time I wrote by candle light. On the cement sill behind me are a lantern and two candles. I am sitting angled so that my wrist doesn’t throw its shadow over my words....
Development, Hunger, Investigation, Journalism, Kenya, Poverty, Poverty, Travel
I’m supposed to spend 21 days in Kajulu, living in poverty — but it isn’t even on the map That morning, Mama Salome Rading had gone to the clinic near Holo to get the injection that would quell the pain in her right hip and left arm. Well, at least for the...
Development, Hunger, Investigation, Journalism, Kenya, Poverty, Poverty, Travel
I’m supposed to spend 21 days in Kajulu, living in poverty — but it isn’t even on the map I googled Kajulu a few minutes ago, and it isn’t on the map. The village where I plan to spend the next 30 days living in poverty in a hut, without water or...
Humor, Investigation, Journalism, Science, Self-improvement, Thought
My amazing experiments with telepathy Well, of course you’re telepathic. You mean no one told you? Let me come right out and say it, I’ve always wanted superpowers. I’ve wanted to be able to part oceans, bring peace to the world, call down lightning from the...