Lilacs and Memories Jan22

Lilacs and Memories

Two reasons why safaris aren’t just about seeing the Big Five — lions, leopards, rhinos, Cape buffalo, and the African elephant. We met a couple from Wisconsin during our safari. They’d come to celebrate fifty years of marriage, having been on safari in Botswana years before...

Boy Time Jan22

Boy Time

A wonderful, global moment this afternoon in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: A water slide. A handful of boys — from England, the US, Bolivia, and Malawi. Mud. Bathing suits. A hose. A new friend — a parent — who happens to know a former NPR colleague from college and time spent in...

Creation Space Jan22

Creation Space

We read the Creation story before embarking on the first game drive of our recent safari. I’d forgotten some of the details: we don’t read about LAND until verse 9, CREATURES and MAN come much later. Creation begins with LIGHT and the SEPARATION between Heaven and earth …...