A long exciting journey

This is my first blog ever and I want to use it to think out loud about (and perhaps as a sounding board for) something completely alien to me. However, it occurred to me that perhaps a little housekeeping is in order.

I am not blogging for money or to ‘make policy’. I’m not an activist, intellectual (even though I do on occaision enjoy intellectual discussions) or anything like that. I just want to think out loud. I am mostly going to blog for fun, not to change the world.

If I am so lucky as to get people commenting on my blogs, this is how I’ll handle comments: You have three chances to negatively rag on me before you are toast. 

I thank you for visiting.

I like many people have read President Barack Obama’s books and Dreams from my Father piqued my interest for many reasons not least of which is that fact that I have Kenyan connections and the book is very well written. However, the thing that stays with me is that he managed to document his personal history in a way that only someone from an under-documented society like mine can appreciate. Many of us are losing our history with the loss of fireside folk tales.

I have for many years now toyed with the idea of documenting my family history as a way of giving my children a sense of personal history and belonging. Anyone living away from their own country, culture or in a mixed cultural household knows how important that is. However, there is nothing like badly written material to turn one off a subject for good so I’m hoping to avoid that pitfall. Enter Dreams from my Father. That’s the kind of personal or family history I would like to write for my kids. It has to be a good read while holding true to the story.

My plan here is to research both about the writing process and material, take some writing lessons and blog about that writing journey and since  I have no publishing plans grand or otherwise, I’m hoping any and all ragging on me here will result in a review process and hence a better book.

Here’s to the beginning of what I know will be a long (and possibly emotional) and exciting journey.

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