I always enjoy the sights and scenery when I travel, but what I really love are the people, especially from cultures so different from mine. As much as this trip was about spotting and watching the movements of magnificent animals in the Serengeti and Ngorongoro Conservation Area, the safari was also a huge lesson about culture for me. It was the prospect of visiting a Maasai village and the city of Arusha, Tanzania that made my heart skip a beat before we even left Lansing.ArushaOur tour Continue Reading
Time for Some Sun and Sand – Africa, Part 1
At the warmest part of today, with the sun beating down on my car, the temperature still registered zero. We are deadlocked in bitter cold, and I can’t think of a better thing to do than travel to some place warm and sunny. Not Florida, or the Caribbean, Arizona or California. Instead, it’s time to revisit Africa – specifically, the Serengeti and surrounding area in Tanzania. From April, 2012, my Safari Adventure - I hate getting up early for anything. But more than hating that, I love a Continue Reading
Pity Does Not Cure a Cold
I threw a pity party last week, and no one showed up. Even I found it to be rather pathetic. I blame it on a nasty head cold and upper respiratory mess, and all is better now, I assure you. Of course, this happened while my buddy, Kathy, was sending me texts and emails from her visit to sunny California. I retaliated by hacking onto the computer screen and into the phone. Now that made me feel better!I am a pitiful patient, to be sure. Wait, a patient implies a caretaker. Cancel that. I am just Continue Reading
Super Bowl – The Day After
Wow! What a day I’ve had already and it’s just early afternoon, the day after Super Bowl XLIX. With our heaviest snowfall of the year that caused all local and county governments to close, and even our capitol offices, I managed to get out and run several errands. Of course, I ranthose errands like a girl. I just had to; I was so inspired by the ads from last night’s Super Bowl. That’s the whole point, isn’t it? I wasn’t going to let a little snow and all the traffic warnings keep me Continue Reading