by admin | Jun 3, 2010 | Bright Lights
Meet Perla, the only cat of our current six who technically is not a stray. But she does have ties to vagabond cats, as her parents arrived on the scene as strays traveling together, brother and sister, we suspect. She was actually born on the premises in the old...
by admin | May 28, 2010 | Bright Lights
We had the pleasure of celebrating the marriage of our daughter Caroline on May 15 to Neil Kron. She planned and coordinated the whole event and did a wonderful job pulling everything together. Her son Colten gave her away, an appropriate and sentimental...
by admin | May 20, 2010 | Bright Lights
Just the other day I was asked what I found when I made it to the top of Kilimanjaro. My too-quick response was snow, clouds, glaciers, and the peak’s marker that previous trekkers had festooned with mementos to signify they had been there and to leave a...
by admin | May 13, 2010 | Bright Lights
After my trek to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro (see “I Stood on the Roof of Africa,” May 6), I stayed over for a two-day safari. We received our summitting certificates and ate a picnic lunch at Mweka Gate and then drove to a lovely place, Kigongoni...
by admin | May 6, 2010 | Bright Lights
In 2007 I decided I wasn’t getting any younger, the world wasn’t getting any saner, and if I ever planned on seeing Africa, this was the time to do it. I also decided, and to save my life I can’t remember where this came from, that I should also...
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