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words and musings of a seeker, lover of questions. writing to live a braver and truer life.
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where were you on 9/11 (opens the original)
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25 years ago today. it felt like a different time. i didn’t have a cell phone—not even the kind you used to play snake on. <img alt="The Nokia 3310 is coming back: Here's how to play Snake ..." class="sizing-normal" height="1200" src="https://substackcd
every day, an obituary (opens the original)
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a good friend has recently made me start obsessively reading obituaries—across my various newspaper subscriptions, digital and print. a morbid little daily habit, of sorts. now that i have ritualised this practice, i realise how ultimately ennobling it is to bear witness, each day, to the summary of a life: i am finding this simple act a reminder of the grandness and fragility of being human. of the ledgers we use to measure a life.my older son, until recently, had a fascination for scanning the
empty hands, generous spirit (opens the original)
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a few weeks ago in new york, i reunited with a dear college friend after nearly twenty years—a delightful homecoming.we exchanged the chapters of our lives in between—stories of love and loss, faith and spirituality. we talked about how many things had changed, and yet we were returning to who we were—before our marriages, our losses: death, divorce. we walked along the hudson river on an incredibly sunny new york day. but the highlight of the walk was a rather surreal event. while seated on a p
singing your soul alive (opens the original)
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a few weeks ago, i launched my album, witness, with a concert in nairobi. it was a surreal experience. my expert team transformed the stage into a scene straight out of the pages of an old hollywood movie—replete with red velvet drapes, grand piano, chandelier, and black and white tiles. during sound check, the show’s producer, and my friend and incredibly multi-hyphenate, eunice, asked “what colours would you like for each of your songs? let me show you how it looks.” <a class="image-link image
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