2015

Going For The Maasai Gold!

I love the Maasai. They are a group of people you can learn a lot from. They look out for each other. Help each other with no expectation of reward in return and they easily laugh. They are also a brave group of people and as they graze their cattle in the bush there is […]

2014

The Lions Guardians

One of the things I truly enjoy and never get tired when I am in Africa is seeing animals in the wild and watching how nature interacts. It is great to come upon a herd of impala, zebras, and giraffes (one of my favorites) as they slowly graze or move about. It is also exciting […]

2013

Happy New Year

Give Thanks Today is December 31st, the last day of 2013. I wrote this blog a week earlier having just returned from a hike with my dog Alley and my son Darrow who is visiting for a few days from Santa Cruz. I am biased but Darrow, 23, is an amazing person. He is a […]

2012

Staring At the Computer Screen Looking for Lions

Last week I wrote about how I use technology to free me from my desk and allow me to communicate with Steve in Tanzania in a fast efficient manner. No sooner had I sent the story off to my webmaster to post I found another great use of technology. If you want to get a […]

2011

The Last Lions

We read a lot about conservation efforts to protect Elephants and their ivory and endangered cheetahs.  These efforts are very worthwhile and should be supported.  But did you also know in the last 50 years the African lion population has declined from 450,000 to about 20,000?  Hunting, loss of habitat and retaliatory killing by cattle […]

2010

Recent Lion Attack – There is More to the Story

I am sure many of you read the story in the paper about the person who was killed by 5 lions in Zimbabwe while showering. While a terrible tragedy and while it drives home the point that you are out in the wild, I believe there is more to the story. While you rarely read […]