the Baobab tree
The Victoria Falls, to the local people, was a sacred place where it was believed a huge snake called Nyami-Nyami...
Travel
New Beginnings
I precariously step from rock to rock, trying to avoid the flow of raw sewage seemingly everywhere. A place most...
Belle Isle
A Friday in September in the Motor City, and the three of us had no idea what to do. I...
chasing Nature’s shadows and light
On morning's first light, I rise from the confines of a warm sleeping bag and unzip the tent door. Today...
Wichita’s Botanica Gardens
It's 9am on a Saturday. Temperature is in the low 90's, humidity approaching 80%. A hipster in a long sleeve...
Elizabethtown
"Two and a half hours? I have time....." This was my last thought before putting my foot to the floor...
Victoria Falls (part 2- the smoke that thunders)
"Dr. Livingstone I presume?" As we make our way past the iconic statue of the first European that discovered this...
I’m still here
In a time where memories become intertwined with dreams, I see us two siblings bike riding in Mammoth Hot Springs,...
Victoria Falls ( part 1 – our arrival)
As we got closer to our destination, the electricity in the air was causing goosebumps to form and tiny hair...
Hanging Lake
Heeding to the multiplicity of Internet warnings about limited parking at the popular trail head after 9am, I rise shortly...
Nicodemus
"I am anxious to reach your state ... because of the sacredness of her soil washed by the blood of...
the dusty roads of Iowa
A pile of leaves has met it's end among the muck and mud of Mother earth. I cradle them in...