Norah Owaraga

Forest bathing spots and waterfronts

My favorite places that I have visited and would love to revisit frequently are forest bathing spots and waterfronts; if the latter are forested too even the better. I must admit that I used to love visiting and staying within nature, as in forested spaces, even before I knew it as forest bathing. In retrospect,…

Index of suspicion…

“What a crazy logic about plastic bags. What a shame. I absolutely love my kikapu and I take it everywhere. They are so handy and cheap! And I’ve certainly had many coworkers laugh at me for it, educating me, the mzungu, and telling me that only their grandmothers still use those bags, but I go…

An African mother’s love

“I would like to take this opportunity to appreciate you for being a good mother who understands your children. For the short period, we have spent in your hands, we have experienced an African mother’s love. I have nothing to offer as a vote of thanks, but only to say thank you from my heart.…

A lark, a morning person …

Especially when resident in an environment where nature flourishes, I am a lark, a song bird, a morning person, “who habitually gets up early and feels energetic early in the day.” I love the quiet, when the ‘sounds of modernization’ are mostly silent, early in the morning. When nourishing sounds of nature burst through. I…