I was catching up with my good friend Jeremy Main, listening to his excitement about becoming a father – due date is tomorrow. Both he and Tracey are more than ready for the big event. To provide entertainment during the wait, a domestic white goose ended up in the vlei (a huge shallow pond adjacent... Learn More

Lily and I had an invitation to stay at the home of Heide and Michael Block during our time in Johannesburg. In fact, Lily stayed there even when I went down to Cape Town. I knew Heide from her reputation amongst the students of the More To Life program in Johannesburg, from her participation on... Learn More

When I lived in Johannesburg, I was about 20 miles from Sterkfontein, which anthropologists proclaim as the birthplace of humankind. Indeed, diversity seems to be the order of the day for that whole area, whether it is the numerous species of flora or of fauna. What was amazing to me, especially on the first morning... Learn More

I heard from a friend of mine about his interaction with an elephant, so I decided to see if I could connect with Sapi. Here's the picture – he's the dominant bull elephant of this particular herd, which means he's the strongest. At about 10 to 11 feet tall and about 6 tons in weight,... Learn More

The set up was perfect! Lily Parish, Isabel Vidal, Justine Hunt and I were the only ones to show up for this particular safari – mostly because it was 8 am on a Very Cold Monday morning – just outside Sun City, north of Johannesburg, South Africa. (that's Lily to the left) All of them,... Learn More

I am here in South Africa with Lily Parish. A dream which became conscious a year ago, when she and I were kibitzing about her senior year – what her senior project might be. Somehow, the subject of South Africa came up, and she wistfully mentioned how much she had enjoyed her trip to South... Learn More