Meet the Woman Who Turned Nairobi’s Construction Industry on its Head

“You can either accept reality as it is or create it as you wish it to be.” — Michael Hyatt

Seven years ago, Rose Karanja’s reality was bleak. One of a small minority of girls in Kenya to complete high school, she renounced college ambitions to care for her orphaned brother and sister when the grandmother who had been supporting them passed away. Ms. Karanja sold her schoolbooks and never looked back…article

Poulenc’s Great Work “Dialogues of the Carmelites” Presented

Gertrud von Le Fort dug up the story of the martyrdom of Carmelite nuns in the archives, and wrote a novel in which one nun, struggling with moral issues, represents the author.  George Bernanos wrote a screenplay and drama based on von Le Fort’s novel.  Poulenc wrote his opera from Bernanos take.  It is one of the most compelling operas ever composed.  Article

Photographs courtesy Dell’Arte Opera by Angel Roy