i'm in naro moru at the base of mount kenya, sitting next to a charcol stove.

wow. three hours outside of nairobi and i've stumbled into paradise. the air is clean and fresh, the land sprawls out in every direction, and the starts are brighter than i've ever seen.

i cannot fathom kenya. i cannot fathom it at all. cependant, je l'aime beaucoup.

in solidarity with paul amina (!).. as he is the only other person in the room not bowing his head is prayer right now.. [in kenya, every prayer ends with "in the blood of jesus" ]

just finished my four day conference on prisoner aftercare. and i've been cursing myself for two days now for not having my camera with me. needless to say, the mistake shall not be reapeated.

headed 'home' from lake naivaska. there are great big plants along the side of the road that look like the heads of pineapple. however, i fear i may have picked the wrong window to gaze out of because i am missing the view of the mountain copmletely.

it is nice to make eye contact with people as you drive along.

accacia trees are distinctive features on the landspace. everyone i look, it seems as though ordinary trees have been plucked, stripped, and flatteded to half of their appropriate size.

yesterday, i saw two hippos. well, the eyes and ears of two hippos. apparently, i am supposed to feel fortunate for not encountering any more than that, as they run quite fast.

je ne coucherai pas, je ne coucherai pas. foutu. je suis vraiment fatiguee. je ne tomberai pas en amour, je ne tomberai pas en amour. en actualite, je ne inquiete pas. je suis une pierre. je me suis toute seule.

et quelques lignes de poesie pour vous: les nuages passent, mais les etoiles demeurrent.

i visited naivasha maximum security prison today, an i have yet to find the words to describe it. mon dieu.. and i say that without any of the deragatory implications.

i have found myself quite attrated to two men from the prison aftercare conference, or three infact. all luo, ranging from 25 to 70 (atha, peter, njoga, amina). what do you make of that?

i made friends with some taiwanese folk today.

i saw a monkey today. en fait, au jour d'hui j'ai vu une famille du singe.

mes rêves de hiêr soir / de la derniere semaine

1. adnan et moi nous embrassons

2. quelque chose sur mon ecole, les inscriptions de classe

3. bicycling around some city, through different buildings, talking w/ catherine and todd about matatus and biking across mexico and kenya.

its 'living outside' time.

the kenyan countryside has such beauty, such grace. for me [black agnostic radical], the drive from nairobi to naivasha had almost a spiritual quality. the earth was so alive. people were so alive. however, there was fog over the rift valley, so i was unable to see out across the terrain.

les choses que mes yeux ont vues. la campagne du Kenya. le visage de mon grandpere. le visage de ma grandmere. ses beaux doigts. ma mere, mon pere, mes soeurs, mon frere. les gorges de ithaca. la chute de niagara.. spécifiquement l'île des trois soeurs . le paysage entre new haven et buffalo. le mexique. le sourire de peter. les pieds de jade. zazie. lance posée sur un banc. lake navisha. la seine.

mon dieu. pour vivre une vie.