Endings and Beginnings

Teju Cole comes offline tomorrow, having lasted just the month of January. If you haven’t had a chance to read it, don’t wait a minute longer. Lagos is your destination. You will rarely see better writing than this.

Meanwhile, the white-tailed kites outside my office have built a nest in the tall pine just above the railway track. The female is incubating by now, I think. It doesn’t stop the male from mating with her, though. He “kip, kip, kips” about with his wings in a steep dihedral, almost unable to stay airborne—the merest hover. They are some of the most beautiful birds on the planet. I’ll try and sketch some of this.