It wasn’t an empty threat. Most of my friends know that I fell in love with the elephant when I lived in Kenya several years ago, and I’ve been promising to tell elephant stories since our return from the big safari last summer. While we went to do other things, I’m not shy about admitting …
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Consider the Elephant: An Important Step Forward
For those of us concerned about the future of the elephants, there is good news from the United States. Acting in response to an Executive Order from U.S. President Barack Obama, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced the destruction of six tons of illegal elephant ivory. The news release announcing this action was publishing …
Preliminary Thoughts about Mr. Guy’s Elephant “Infatuation” (and Some Preliminary Photos)
Despite the first post (yesterday) referencing the FOGs/FOAs safari, I realize now that I didn’t give any “preview” for what the later posts might include. I wrote that one of the purposes of the safari was not only to experience the Great Migration with my friends, but to also share with them Mr. Guy’s great …
Kenya and the 2013 Great Migration
There is great excitement as this year’s vacation gets underway. And as we plunge into our special experience, I can’t help but think about what-has-been (as Beryl Markham or Karen Blixen/Isak Dinesen might have written). The difference, though, is that this experience is not about leaving somewhere. It’s about going back. Even so, Markham herself …
The New Croton Dam / Croton Gorge Park – Another of New York’s Hidden Treasures
A great pleasure of living in this place is the discovery of these “hidden treasures,” places one can visit and enjoy and, often, without any special or costly effort. The Croton Dam Reservoir is such a place, hidden away up in Westchester County, not anywhere near the big and well-traveled interstate highways, and just there …