The Google Earth session that changed my life
September 19, 2026
One night, Ghana stopped being a place on a map and became a plan. Here is what that opened up.
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Notes & essays
Longer thinking on the subjects that keep coming back.
Travel Life You do not need a leap, you need a blueprint
September 19, 2026
Restlessness is not a crisis. It is a signal that the thing you built is finished and you have not decided what is next.
Travel What 55 countries taught me that no classroom did
September 19, 2026
Some lessons will not travel through a book. They only show up once you are standing there.
Travel How to take your first trip to Africa without overthinking it
September 19, 2026
Passports, timing, packing and what actually happens when you land. The plain version.
History Black history did not start with slavery
September 19, 2026
Where a story starts decides what the story means.
History Standing at Abu Simbel
September 19, 2026
One place, one lesson, and why photographs cannot do the job.
Culture How I got citizenship in two countries, and what it actually means
September 19, 2026
Citizenship in Sierra Leone and Ghana. What the process asks of you, and what changes afterward.
Life Dear Younger Me. Dear Present Me. Dear Future Me.
September 19, 2026
Three letters, one argument, and a ten minute exercise you can do at your kitchen table today.
Family Raising a child when the other parent is not there
September 19, 2026
Steady and practical. What is yours to carry, what is not, and how to answer the hard questions.
Money The college degree without the debt
September 19, 2026
Most families are never told how the price of college is actually set, or that it is negotiable.