Ponderings

“Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.” -Lao Tzu

Ponderings

“People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel” -Maya Angelou

Ponderings

I have a collection of words and thoughts that I like to refer to time to time to remind myself of certain things about life that I tend to forget and instead of keeping them to myself I thought I will start regularly sharing them here, why? 1) hopefully you’ll take away something from one …

Reflections

I wanted to write something on my recent trip to East Africa. While brainstorming, I reflected back and realized its been almost exactly a year since I was last in Kenya. In July 2011 I spent the majority of my time in Garissa, which now is much less secure given its proximity to the Somalia …

Michigan Connection

I am constantly surprised by the Michigan connection. I am sitting in a Nairobi cafe and I overhear two middle-aged men reuniting from their time at Calvin college, which prompts me to write this. As I type, every now and then my ears perk up at as they mention the name of another Michigan city. …

Hasta la Vista Guadalajara

My last night in Mexico I went out on the town with two colleagues and some of their friends. It was there that I had my first ‘Mexican flag’ which consisted of a shot of gran centenario anejo tequila (I brought Bourbon a bottle home, along with another anejo tequila and a mezcal which has …

Birria

While in Mexico I also indulged in birria, a tomato based stew made with goat roasted in leaves, roasted chilies and spices. The goat can be eaten by itself or made into taco. It is served with tortillas, beans and cheese, salsa, as well as some of the tomato stew it was roasted in. To …