“What’s the easiest path down?”, I asked Osi after a great hike up the Mpape hills until we were 2500ft above sea level. “Water no get enemy. We’ll just follow the trail of the water down. Water follows the path of least resistance, so that’s the easiest way to go.” Heading down, we see two men ...

I haven’t figured out my optimal writing routine but this challenge has made me realize I need to, so here’s things I’d like to work on to improve my writing in the new year. write on a constant schedule, at a fixed time. learn when works best for my writing, since mornings aren’t always ...

The idea usually comes first, sometimes in the middle of an experience that makes me go “hmm, I should write about this” Depending on where this happens I’ll probably write down the topic or keyword and then flesh it out gradually until the day I decide to ship the post. In a journal/notebook, ...

Most buttdials these days are actually your hand calling, so it’s easy to forget, or depending on how old you are, not even realize that the word comes from a real time when phones had call buttons that could be pressed when you sat on them A friend called me and I picked up, only to see a ...

I hate giving excuses, but sometimes a dog really ate my homework. Life can really throw a row of curve-balls that are really hard to explain to someone who wasn’t present but, make you miss a deliverable. So, the reason today’s post about how I shouldn’t have hacked my blog together will not ...