We met them at the airport. It was two o'clock in the afternoon and they had been traveling for twenty-six hours. "You made it! Karibuni! Karibu New York! Sasa? Umeamka? Poa! I'm so glad you all are here!" We gathered the group of twenty-eight travel-weary singers towards one side of the arrivals hall and waited... Continue Reading →
Burnout has been for me a reoccurring feature of the month of May. There is something about the end of a school year that tempts me to push too hard and then taunts me with the shimmering mirage of summer. In the rush to "get it all done", the end seems ever just out of... Continue Reading →
In our highly structured and relatively dangerous world, spontaneous adventures for solitary travelers are generally regarded with fear, confusion, or disbelief. Fear: "Why would you DO that?!" Confusion: "WHY would you do that?!" Disbelief: "Why would YOU do THAT?!" Naysayers may sometimes be wise people, so don't throw them off entirely. Still, don't let them... Continue Reading →
When the temperature drops, what do you let loose? Gentle rain? Snow wrapped hail? Lightening and thunder? A swirling vortex that pitches cows and cars into trees? When the rain falls, do you squish like mud? Soak it up like the grass? Disappear it like sand? Let it roll off your granite back? When the... Continue Reading →
Living with a foot on two continents means traveling between the two places regularly, and regular travel brings the inevitable question: so what are you going to eat first when you go home? A frenzy of thoughts usually trample through my brain each time this happens, always beginning with that incessant and tiring question 'where... Continue Reading →
I've logged a few miles in the last two weeks. A few miles and a few passport stamps. (Good thing it's up to date for the next nine years. This time last year was a bit of a crazy scramble.) Two and a half weeks ago I landed in South Africa ... spring break or... Continue Reading →
What does it take for a non-camper to become a camper? Get a tent and sleep in it. Bring something to eat for dinner, breakfast, and maybe lunch - whatever it is, it must be eaten outside. Voila, you're a camper. But what does it take for a beginning camper to graduate to the next... Continue Reading →
2011 - a knotted mess of a year that I'm rather glad to be rid of. For those who like to read between the lines, the clue is in the postings. I wrote half as much this year as I did each of the previous years. And from my end of things, that's usually a... Continue Reading →
I just found a folder of pics that I forgot to post back in MAY! What was wrong with me? Oh right - the Yearbook chewed me up and spit me out. These are from a trip I took up to Lake Nakuru National Park and the Menangai Crater. Over a long weekend, a friend... Continue Reading →
Three day weekends are great. Especially when you can get a round trip ticket to a beautiful, mostly empty, white-sands beach for $100. Add in the taxi, hotel, and food ... another $220 (total!) ... and you get three days and two nights of bliss that looks like this: Galu beach at almost high tide. ... Continue Reading →
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