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Kenya: Guy and The Old-Lady Elephant

January 22, 2014 By Guy St. Clair

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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Filed Under: Nature, Personal History

Consider the Elephant: An Important Step Forward

November 19, 2013 By Guy St. Clair

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 …

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Filed Under: Nature

Preliminary Thoughts about Mr. Guy’s Elephant “Infatuation” (and Some Preliminary Photos)

August 5, 2013 By Guy St. Clair

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 …

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Filed Under: Nature Tagged With: Africa - elephants, African bush elephant, Blixen (Karen)

Kenya and the 2013 Great Migration

June 23, 2013 By Guy St. Clair

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 …

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Filed Under: Nature, Travel Tagged With: Africa - Great Migration, Beryl Markham, Great Migration, Isak Dinesen, Karen Blixen, Kenya, Kenya - Great Migration, Masa River, Nairobi

The New Croton Dam / Croton Gorge Park – Another of New York’s Hidden Treasures

May 29, 2011 By Guy St. Clair

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 …

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Filed Under: Nature Tagged With: Croton Reservoir, New York - Croton Gorge Park, New York - New Croton Dam, New York - Westchester County

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