turning 40. Obedience is something I have found easy to do on the outside but have in reality grappled with internally. I was a do-gooder from my childhood- people don’t believe me when I say I was never spanked. Then I became 40 and it’s as if I found a whole other…

This is something that fascinates me to no end… and I have a never receding waistline to support my statements. On our honeymoon in Thailand many moons ago, I was so bothered by the tea they served I gave the waiter clear instructions on how to make African tea…. they…

Off to Hawk’s eye lodge we went. It’s just about three kilometres away from Arcadia so the ride to food wasn’t that long. Hawk’s Eye Lodge! You guys!!!!! Let me just say when we were winding in and out of the roads leading to the Bunyonyi Landing site, where most…

Satisfied and ready to proceed, we requested the Byoona Amagara Manager to send us a boat to convey us to our Island retreat. We were mighty glad that the weather was fair and we went without incident across Lake Bunyonyi, one of the deepest lakes in Africa. We were warmly…

Recently a long-time friend invited us to celebrate his Ordination as a Reverend in the Anglican Church. His Ordination service was going to be held in Kabale, a district in the South Western part of Uganda. My husband being the bash bandit he is saw this as an opportunity to…

So sometime after my second child I purposed in my heart to go back to my pre-pregnancy weight. I need to remind viewers that I have always…

Sometime back when I was still a woman of leisure!!!!! When I had entire afternoons to sit on my balcony overlooking my neighbors’ compounds, listening to the birds sing, and the children laughing as they convened in the common area of the 16-home estate we call home, I had the…

I got married 17 years ago, I have had two disastrous and two exceptional House Managers. Let me start with the two disasters. The first whose name shall remain unnamed joined us shortly after we got our first child. She was brought home by the lady who used to help…

The people that help us in our homes also known as maids, house girls (where did that name come from?) and recently more gender sensitively and respectfully called House Managers can make or break you. This one is for them. When we were growing up, we had 4 House Managers…