Dan Mue
Nature at its core is a conjugate of tiny versions of itself; call them mini-natures, or miniatures for the love of words. Nature chooses to begin from the smallest of scales, building up intricate bonds and connections to form bigger versions of itself. Consider us, humans, we’re just myriads and myriads of tiny elementary particles … Read more
Unlike times of recent, there was a time when life revolved around propagation of family lines, when the most important thing for a man was to marry, for a woman to get married and together raise an offspring. What a life! Family kept bloodlines running across generations; it was a conduit for continuity and preservation … Read more
Here is a sure fact the books won’t tell: a good number of Kenyans have had an unpleasant encounter with a matatu tout, at least once or severally in their lives. Who in this country hasn’t almost been run down by a mob of touts, each trying to whisk you into their own matatu? Who … Read more
This story wouldn’t suffice if I didn’t mention that I am an ardent lover of all things that fly, especially ones with huge flapping wings. Birds. I mean birds. The intrigues of bird flight are best captured by large winged birds. Small birds flap way too fast for a gazer to catch the magic. Now, … Read more
At the time Albert Einstein submitted his paper on the special relativity theory, the ideas he brought forth were so radical that only a handful could grasp how ingenious they were. Like an antique ruby in the hands of an inept jeweler who cannot realize its worth, such was the idea of Einstein in the … Read more