/Features/saturday/-/1216/1216/-/gphub1/-/index.html http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/The+commitment+phobes++/-/1216/1408880/-/bbt9hgz/-/index.html There is a certain age when men are expected to stop playing the field and settle into marital bliss with the woman they will spend the rest of their lives with. But there is a breed of men who have a hard time committing. 2012-05-18T19:00:48Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/Its+always+been+a+mans+world+/-/1216/1408878/-/kvuyyvz/-/index.html Recently, in the blistering heat, I found myself in Turkana. Actually, it was Koobi Fora to be precise, which is ideally at the end of Kenya as you know it. 2012-05-18T19:00:43Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/Dating+tips+for+single+mothers+/-/1216/1408876/-/rxkjl4z/-/index.html When a woman who is single with strings attached, ie baby in tow, is dating then her dating game is slightly different. 2012-05-18T19:00:39Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/Lead+your+boyfriend+down+the+aisle+/-/1216/1408874/-/yky3rpz/-/index.html Jacqueline and her partner have a near-perfect relationship. 2012-05-18T19:00:35Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/Bridges+of+Tsavo+/-/1216/1404012/-/1ko6ql/-/index.html Under a searing midday sun in a remote part of Tsavo West National Park, we’re standing on a bridge that’s close to a century old. It is rarely used yet once it was once of utmost importance. 2012-05-11T15:00:55Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/Then+two+shall+become+three+or+more/-/1216/1404010/-/fd4cl0/-/index.html The birth of a new baby is usually an exhilarating experience for a couple. Along with the excitement brought about by seeing the fruit of your bond, a new baby also brings about change. 2012-05-11T15:00:50Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/Helping+your+children+deal+with+divorce++/-/1216/1404008/-/g7xghr/-/index.html The divorce of parents cuts children deep. Often, children view their parents’ separation as the end of the world. 2012-05-11T15:00:46Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/A+special+kind+of+mother+/-/1216/1404006/-/9luylm/-/index.html When a woman becomes a mother, she learns to navigate the novel experience on the job. 2012-05-11T15:00:36Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/A+lady+of+leisure+/-/1216/1404018/-/aigy46z/-/index.html I was thinking about Lady Ada Lovelace the other day. History distinguishes her as being the first computer programmer. 2012-05-11T15:00:11Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/The+myths+of+motherhood+/-/1216/1404016/-/3a6gjvz/-/index.html Sunday is Mothers’ Day when we celebrate the women with what is easily one of the hardest jobs on earth. 2012-05-11T15:00:06Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/Help+for+the+henpecked+/-/1216/1404014/-/lbqt2m/-/index.html Biashara Street looked deceptively normal that Saturday morning. 2012-05-11T15:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/Where+three+isnt+a+crowd/-/1216/1399326/-/83l5igz/-/index.html “If I am yet to properly manage your mother 40 years (later), how do you think you will make it at your age, with today’s challenges?” 2012-05-05T15:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/Searching+for+Margarets+final+resting+place+/-/1216/1399356/-/dl4bawz/-/index.html Searching for Margaret’s tomb stone sends us on a wild goose chase on Mount Margaret, or as the Maasai call it, ‘Ol-Morijoi’ 2012-05-05T15:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/Once+burned+twice+shy++/-/1216/1399348/-/f9tuvo/-/index.html It was not the first time that Douglas Mwangi was falling in love. Unlike his previous two relationships though, it was the first time that he was falling in love so completely. 2012-05-05T15:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/How+not+to+be+the+evil+stepmother+/-/1216/1399352/-/ad0csiz/-/index.html What do Cinderella, Snow White and Hansel and Gretel have in common, apart from the fact that they are all fictional characters? 2012-05-05T15:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/Be+prepared+for+traffic+/-/1216/1399414/-/q9pwgk/-/index.html I was that precursor to the Girl Guides, a Brownie, for a very short time. However, I remember that our motto was ‘Be prepared’. 2012-05-04T15:00:44Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/Better+half+a+man/-/1216/1399412/-/112g4t6z/-/index.html Jacob Zuma, who also goes by the name of Jay Z, has gone and done it again. He has taken another wife, bringing the total to four. 2012-05-04T15:00:40Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/Come+on+now/-/1216/1399410/-/qu7c17z/-/index.html Once upon a time there was a line that separated the sexes. You always knew what was considered manly or womanly. 2012-05-04T15:00:34Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/Nagging+and+its+role+in+a+relationship++/-/1216/1395092/-/qo4x5a/-/index.html If you ask many men what their worst pet peeve is when it comes to their partner, I am willing to bet that a vast majority would say ’nagging’. 2012-04-27T15:00:59Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/Views+from+the+valley+bottom+/-/1216/1395090/-/dnqid3z/-/index.html The view from Osotua Cottages and Camp in the Kedong Valley on the floor of the Great Rift Valley is fascinating. 2012-04-27T15:00:54Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/Keep+your+little+one+safe+around+animals+/-/1216/1395088/-/13etng9/-/index.html Around 11 am on May 7, 2005, a dog foraging for food for its puppies in the Race Course area of Dagoretti, Nairobi, stumbled on an abandoned baby. 2012-04-27T15:00:50Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/To+have+and+to+holdb+but+not+your+name++/-/1216/1395086/-/vhphcx/-/index.html Traditionally, a woman automatically adopted her husband’s name after marriage. 2012-04-27T15:00:43Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/Women+who+have+found+love+and+those+who+havent+/-/1216/1395084/-/a4c07t/-/index.html It is surprising that as women, we are able to climb the career ladder fast by applying simple but great principles, yet these principles do not feature anywhere in our love lives. 2012-04-27T15:00:37Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/Dont+be+inapt+while+using+the+word+apt+/-/1216/1395096/-/12nkud/-/index.html If most three-letter words in English have three-cent meanings, then ‘apt’ is in a class of its own. In its most common meaning, ‘apt’ means ‘exactly suitable’ or ‘appropriate’. 2012-04-27T15:00:08Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/Home+is+where+work+is+not+/-/1216/1395094/-/42ff2k/-/index.html Life is one big decision and men are often caught in that fork on the road 2012-04-27T15:00:03Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/-/1216/1390460/-/ymyxo4/-/index.html Port Elizabeth is a small, big town. Small in size but big in ‘things’. Skimming the outskirts of the port town, we drive past the industrial area to the ‘township’. 2012-04-20T15:00:55Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/Seven+unexpected+relationship+obstacles+to+watch+out+for+/-/1216/1390458/-/kk94gr/-/index.html Here are some relationship obstacles that seem simple but which you need to watch out for 2012-04-20T15:00:50Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/Love+brought++me+pain+but+I+will+live+and++love+again++/-/1216/1390456/-/jhipksz/-/index.html A narrow murram path leads to 30-year-old Cecile Asaji’s house in Kakamega town. Small stones painted with whitewash lie on each side of the path. 2012-04-20T15:00:46Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/What+you+really+learned+in+school++/-/1216/1390468/-/9sek04/-/index.html Parents everywhere imagine that they send their little loved ones to school so that they can learn. Millions of parents flock to bookshops, computer garages and Internet service providers to make sure that their children have access to the very best information. They hope that superior information will be the ticket that will send their offspring on the journey to the best jobs. The truth is that most of us remember very little of what we formally learned during classes in school, and use even less of it. Stand up, all those who truly appreciate having learned that e=mc2 (for any purpose other than to show off your intelligence to your friends). I can hardly believe that I spent 30 hours a week, nine months out of every year, for the best 13 years of my life (the ones where I was strong, beautiful and bold) sitting in a room, watching someone write on a blackboard. Unbelievable! And yet parents apply extreme pressure on those children who are wise enough to want to get out of this system, to force them to stay in class. 2012-04-20T15:00:14Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/Dont+resent+the+baby+carry+it+/-/1216/1390466/-/rgw8s/-/index.html I was in conversation with a man the other day, a married man who was bemoaning the fact that his brand new, ‘showroom’ wife of just under a year was about to give birth to his brand new, ‘showroom’ daughter, and now she was not performing ‘up to her usual standards’. 2012-04-20T15:00:10Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/Snoop+at+your+own+peril+/-/1216/1390464/-/op8mal/-/index.html Remember that famous and erudite quip: “Guns don’t kill people, people kill people”? 2012-04-20T15:00:06Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/Helping+a+child+cope+with+loss+++/-/1216/1390462/-/12innhiz/-/index.html The loss of a loved one, whether by death, lifetime imprisonment or other cause, is a universal experience. 2012-04-20T15:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/Are+unhealthy+expectations+undoing+your+romantic+ties/-/1216/1385950/-/dt73yc/-/index.html We all place expectations on ourselves and these give us a sense of hope, control and predictability in how our lives will turn out. 2012-04-13T15:00:53Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/Are+you+wife+material/-/1216/1385948/-/11fmjq9z/-/index.html The time for the regular phone calls is over. Internet chats have exhausted all the topics potential lovers would have. And the creativity on SMS is almost diminishing. 2012-04-13T15:00:48Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/Why+girlfriends+turn+into+wives+/-/1216/1385960/-/11nbuyoz/-/index.html Over the Easter weekend, I had an interesting conversation with some men who all have been married for less than six years and have, at most, two babies. 2012-04-13T15:00:20Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/Yes+you++are+your+hair+/-/1216/1385958/-/i1ur89z/-/index.html You don’t have to smoke weed to be dreadlocked, or greet someone by rapping their fist with yours. You don’t even have to be Rasta. 2012-04-13T15:00:16Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/-/1216/1385956/-/ymh0a8/-/index.html “I wish to bring up my children in a better way than I was brought up.” How many times do you find yourself saying this? It’s a cliché beloved by most – if not all – parents. 2012-04-13T15:00:10Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/The+wheel+on+the+Cape+/-/1216/1385954/-/8w7kpwz/-/index.html Arriving by sea at dawn, the silhouette of the iconic Table Mountain is the first to show its iconic profile. 2012-04-13T15:00:03Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/Give+your+man+some+space+/-/1216/1385952/-/826xvjz/-/index.html For some men, getting married, moving in with their partner and having children can feel like losing oneself. 2012-04-13T14:12:57Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/In+the+house+of+the+princess++/-/1216/1381324/-/d46e8gz/-/index.html Standing in the princess’s balcony, it’s easy to slip back the centuries. Beautiful Swahili women still stroll in the narrow alleys, revealing only their kohl-rimmed eyes. 2012-04-06T19:00:26Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/Facing+the+future+/-/1216/1381328/-/tud5yp/-/index.html Life was much easier when people could live with all sorts of growths, warts, lesions and rashes without the ability to check on the Internet and find out all the gruesome possible diagnoses behind every symptom. 2012-04-06T15:00:36Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/Easter+holiday+plans+/-/1216/1381326/-/skcaakz/-/index.html Unlike Christmas when all of us troop to our family homes to bond with our siblings, we are allowed to hang out with non-family members during Easter. 2012-04-06T15:00:31Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/The+truth+about+lying++/-/1216/1381322/-/furs6yz/-/index.html “I value honesty and I need those close to me to be truthful so that I can trust them,” says Grace Mutegi, a single mother of two daughters aged eight and ten. 2012-04-06T15:00:22Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/Curb+your+tongue+lady+/-/1216/1381320/-/j2x5c5/-/index.html Quite often you will find yourself seated at the wrong table with the right people. For example, your girl might have dragged you to one of those couples’ drink-ups because… well, I don’t know why women do that. 2012-04-06T15:00:17Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/The+truth+about+the+stag+party+/-/1216/1381318/-/7vy4pg/-/index.html Last December, *Morris Munene together with a group of close friends organised a bachelor party for a friend the weekend before his walk down the aisle. 2012-04-06T15:00:11Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/The+green+eyed+monster+rears+its+ugly+head++/-/1216/1381316/-/dggsmh/-/index.html Like any woman, Eva Munga cannot take it when another woman preys on her man. 2012-04-06T15:00:07Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/A+view+of+the+hill+/-/1216/1376186/-/wur7f6z/-/index.html Rupi Mangat visits a private eco-lodge with stunning views of Lake Elementaita 2012-03-30T19:54:07Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/Before+you+move+in+with+him/-/1216/1376204/-/mo3rjk/-/index.html Moving in with your partner is a big step in a relationship. 2012-03-30T16:06:15Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/Disaster+at+up+market+hotel+/-/1216/1376188/-/di53wqz/-/index.html Luxury establishment’s standards are let down by shoddy service and so-so food at one of their cafes. 2012-03-30T15:54:11Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/-/1216/1376182/-/yluyhy/-/index.html April 2 is World Autism Day, and in honour of this, Joan Thatiah looks at the signs and symptoms of this disorder, and where to go for help 2012-03-30T15:53:59Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/What+to+expect+when+you+take+her+on+holiday+/-/1216/1376176/-/vce6au/-/index.html Easter is here, which means most men – at the behest of their women – will flee the city. 2012-03-30T15:51:01Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/Are+we+becoming+too+liberal/-/1216/1376164/-/epq6lgz/-/index.html Women in their early 20s may have taken the idea of sexual liberation just a step too far… 2012-03-30T15:46:20Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/Silly+drinking+/-/1216/1376138/-/xkpmvmz/-/index.html Noah, of the Ark and animal fame, was so traumatised by his stormy 40-day cruise  2012-03-30T15:24:23Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/Dress+code+Interpreting+the+message+in+your+look+/-/1216/1376136/-/xeuyet/-/index.html Why does appearance matter so much that women will leave nothing to chance? Three stylists critique the messages women send with their attire. 2012-03-30T15:24:07Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/Aiming+for+the+stars+/-/1216/1372270/-/14k5kgn/-/index.html If all goes well, 32-year-old Peggoty Mutai may just become the first Kenyan woman to find and create a viable pharmaceutical drug that can kill roundworms. 2012-03-23T15:09:17Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/A+code+of+ethics+for+girlfriends+/-/1216/1372262/-/13g2791/-/index.html One of my girlfriends has landed on what we call a ‘potential suspect’. 2012-03-23T15:06:09Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/Eyes++on+stalks+/-/1216/1372254/-/3nylw3/-/index.html The other day I saw a Cadillac Escalade. It’s not necessarily a beautiful car 2012-03-23T15:02:09Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/The+problem+with+self+medication+/-/1216/1372236/-/fstcf2z/-/index.html With the number of pills we pop nowadays, you would be forgiven for thinking that medication was free of side effects. 2012-03-23T14:57:40Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/How+to+be+friends+with+your+ex++/-/1216/1372232/-/h1t995/-/index.html As much as we would like to believe that romantic relationships last forever, or at least as long as possible 2012-03-23T14:53:35Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/Spice+at+its+best++/-/1216/1372224/-/3t19m2/-/index.html Sometimes the obvious can get obscure; I haven’t been to Spice Roots in many, many years. 2012-03-23T14:50:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/Manes+of+Mara+/-/1216/1372200/-/29i5ls/-/index.html Notch’s son is oblivious to all. Fast asleep on the golden grasses of the Mara plains, his paw rests on the lone fig tree. 2012-03-23T14:40:56Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/The+risk+of+shaking+hands++/-/1216/1367618/-/ihabw7z/-/index.html Life is becoming very challenging in the 21st Century so I am thinking of making a few life rules. 2012-03-16T11:25:08Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/Put+your+passions+on+display+/-/1216/1367616/-/m75jd5/-/index.html Bookstands and shelves are a wonderful way to add style and character to a room. 2012-03-16T11:24:28Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/The+animals+put+on+a+show+in+Samburu++/-/1216/1367614/-/g2gic4z/-/index.html It’s fascinating watching a family of elephants cross the Ewaso Nyiro in the eventide after we’ve nearly come face to face with a big bull chasing a female. 2012-03-16T11:24:24Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/A+tasty+new+start++/-/1216/1367612/-/uat6u5/-/index.html I have rarely been as excited at hearing about a restaurant as I was recently when I heard that Misono had reopened at a new location. 2012-03-16T11:24:22Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/Crazy+stupid+and+out+of+love+/-/1216/1367610/-/yeeyql/-/index.html I saw a Blackberry phone hurled out of a car doing something like 70km/hr on the highway the other day. 2012-03-16T11:24:17Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/Playing+with+fire+Expect+a+burn+/-/1216/1367608/-/9ho34y/-/index.html A certain gentleman who writes in this very magazine made some outrageous accusations a few weeks ago. 2012-03-16T11:24:11Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/Who+is+taking+care+of+your+baby/-/1216/1367606/-/hedtgk/-/index.html Margaret Kenda, 30,was more than pleased when she gave birth to her little bundle of joy. 2012-03-16T11:23:55Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/Ngurunit+A+different+world+/-/1216/1362714/-/l7jj3ez/-/index.html Along the northern scape past Samburu, stunning hills line the horizons. 2012-03-09T14:00:18Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/Caught+on+the+rebound+/-/1216/1362712/-/ycj10iz/-/index.html Watch out if your new love interest has just left another partner; you could be playing the role of a band aid. 2012-03-09T14:00:16Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/Raising+a+child+with+dyslexia++/-/1216/1362710/-/6b65lfz/-/index.html Five-year-old Cleopatra Wambui appears no different from any other child her age. In fact, she is lively and jovial. 2012-03-09T14:00:14Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/How+about+celebrating+these+dubious+successes/-/1216/1362708/-/6jcejv/-/index.html To a doting parent, the act of dribbling all over your rompers and then shouting “Gaa!” 2012-03-09T14:00:11Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/The+annoying+third+wheel+on+every+date+/-/1216/1362706/-/7kj4lk/-/index.html If only women would learn to stick their cell phones where the sun don’t shine when out on a date… 2012-03-09T14:00:09Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/Lunch+al+fresco+/-/1216/1362704/-/utdrrs/-/index.html I have just spent a most idyllic Sunday in Nairobi: a long lazy lunch in a lush green garden with good company and good food. 2012-03-09T14:00:06Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/The+panacea+for+all+marital+problems++/-/1216/1362702/-/vnwyv6/-/index.html I got some interesting feedback following my article on Nyeri women, with some people saying I had done a good job 2012-03-09T14:00:03Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/Can+you+insure+your+marriage/-/1216/1362700/-/b3v2eb/-/index.html Some couples in Kenya are signing pre-nuptial agreements, hoping to shore their marriage up against divorce and destitution. But are these agreements legal? And how do they work, anyway? 2012-03-09T13:59:55Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/Till+small+irritation+do+us+part+/-/1216/1357906/-/qhhj0s/-/index.html At the relatively tender age of 27, Joyce Wanjiku is already separated from her husband. She only got married slightly over a year ago, on November 20, 2010. 2012-03-02T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/Bring+team+work+to+the+job+hunt+/-/1216/1358040/-/agtjfqz/-/index.html We live in a competitive world. Right from our early years in school, we are pitted against each other; some schools even grade the performance of children from as early as kindergarten. 2012-03-02T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/Women+dont+need+men++/-/1216/1358046/-/w6iikmz/-/index.html There is this slang term that urbanites bandy about: ‘baby mama’. For those who might be slightly over the hill, it does not refer to a child who has suddenly become a mother. 2012-03-02T21:00:00Z http://www.nation.co.ke/Features/saturday/Turn+your+plain+bathroom+into+a+spa++/-/1216/1358034/-/pb3wv/-/index.html In our fast paced world, we have become accustomed to taking pulsating showers with strong, spicy soaps to wake us up and get us going every day. 2012-03-02T21:00:00Z