Do Not Disturb!

by | Dec 2, 2011 | Only in Africa

Featured in Only in Africa – April-May 2007 A left turn off the pathway from our verandah passed between tall parallel kei-apple hedges. A little further on the hedges widened to enclose a sheltered spot. In the centre, facing east, the structure coyly referred...

Telephones and Blogs

by | Jun 6, 2008 | Shel Arensen

I grew up in Kenya in a house without a telephone. It was a big day when KP&T brought phone lines to the Kijabe mission. The phone at my parents’ Kesho offices was 12Y7. To make a call required whirling a handle and shouting for the operator in Naivasha....