A lifetime burning in every moment. Monday, March 21, 2011. Far from the splendor and squalor of hurrying cities. I do not worry if briefer days grow briefest,. I am not sorry when sun and rain make april. My life is the life of the reaper and the sower;. Whose any sadness or joy is my grief or my gladness. Around me surges a miracle of unceasing.

Monday, 19 July 2010. Because nobody seemed in the slightest bit interested in doing anything about the body, I remember wondering about what happened to people who were found dead on the streets in Ghana. Perhaps the police would come, cordon off the scene, check for foul play, snap a few photographs, draw a chalk line around the corpse, and eventually, once forensics had finished, cart the body off to the morgue. Monday, 28 June 2010. Already soaked when I took my seat,.

Monday, October 25, 2010. September is all a bit of a blur. Leaving became very real once my flight details were confirmed and I started making arrangements to be met at Heathrow and to see family and friends in the UK once I was back. Lots of adjusting to do in the next few weeks. Wednesday, August 4, 2010. So where did June and July go to? May ended with puppy sitting and a rather sadder funeral than I had previously experienced here. As the ground was prepared and crops planted the donkeys, cows, shee.

Thursday, April 14, 2011. NURTURING PLURALISTIC VALUES EMBEDDED IN ISLAM. A Muslim Speaker, thinker, organizer and an activist committed to building cohesive societies with a belief that what is good for Muslims has got to be good for the world and vice versa to sustain peace, harmony and prosperity. In defense of Islam, pursuing a civil dialogue. He hopes a quick chat with Jef.

Monday, October 22, 2012. Technically taken on day - 7 but having barely slept, I think it still counts. Many, many new friends from all over the world, exciting travels, fascinating work, bouts of malaria, sunburn and much laughter later, I was home.