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The children of the Nile and a rhythm of rest

6 Comments / Hamilton Spectator, Newspaper columns / January 11, 2020 / 2020, African culture, rest, Sabbath, technology / 4 minutes of reading

MUKONO, UGANDA ✦ So I’m back in this East African nation for a working visit. It’s also a good time to get myself unplugged. You know, rested and rebooted. The warm days and the warm people and the children help. If you visit (and why don’t you, sometime?) you’ll know what I mean. The children of the Nile,

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End of summer, back to school, time for JFKs

7 Comments / Hamilton Spectator, Newspaper columns / September 2, 2017 / 2017, back-to-school time, busy lives, education, rest, school life / 4 minutes of reading

So, my children, like children everywhere, are about to return to school.

This brings some uncertainties. It’s my children’s first-ever September back-to-school in Canada.

More so, I’ll need to work at having more JFKs again.

Before I explain what a JFK is, let me say that in

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