I am becoming sadder by the minute at the turn of events here in Kenya and am determined to pray harder and harder for peace. It is very strange to go on as normal on the one hand and on the other hand watch the news with all its dreadful graphics of horror. I am in Nairobi having some horribly major dentistry done and things are certainly more tense here than they are down at the coast.

 Apart from the dentist, I will meet various publishers about the collection of children’s stories I have written about a whale shark. If any of you have any experience in this field, please do share as the publishing world is the great unknown for me! I will also be trying to circulate information on our tagging expedition next month as we need lots people to come and watch the researchers work. It doesn’t cost too much (particularly when you think that it is a once in a life time opportunity to swim with whale sharks) and this is the main way we pay for the spotter plane which is so crucial in spotting sharks. So any of you at a loose end, come down to Diani beach from February 18. I will be putting a poster up on the blog in the next few days.

It is difficult to concentrate on all this exciting work when you get the feeling that things are on the verge of some sort of (dare I say it) breakdown in the country we all love so much.

“Ultimately we have just one moral duty: to reclaim large areas of peace in ourselves, more and more peace, and reflect it toward others. And the more peace there is in us, the more peace there will be in our trouble world.”

Etty Hillsum 1914-1943

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