by phil | Feb 12, 2025 | thoughts
I wanted to briefly share what it was like to work with USAID some years ago, when a Malian woman and I teamed up on a project called SOS Democracy. To be very clear, the project was 100% Coumba’s idea. She wanted to mobilize people to vote – and to vote...
by phil | Jan 20, 2025 | thoughts
I think this is a fairly uncontroversial list, but you can let me know in the comments if you think otherwise. 1. Humans Obviously 2. Pelicans Is it personal? Yes. Is it justified? Yes. Let me ask you something. How do you feel about swans? Be honest....
by phil | Jan 6, 2025 | thoughts
Twenty twenty four felt like a car careening around a bend with two wheels in the air. For me personally, it was a year of bricolage, cobbling together tattered sources of income, dipping into savings, trying to keep the dream alive. The dream being to wake up...
by phil | Sep 19, 2024 | art, Birds, thoughts
I can’t remember the last time I wrote a poem. It was surely part of an exercise at school. What I am really trying to say is that I don’t think I have ever written a poem voluntarily. So, here we are. My first poem that was not written under duress: Red...
by phil | Apr 14, 2024 | thoughts
In 2019, I had a red bump on my forehead that would not go away. I applied different creams and ointments. I tried covering it up, I tried airing it out. Nothing worked. I thought that maybe my skin was irritated by my motorbike helmet. But when I went to the states...
