It was the seventies and I was in high school—intoxicated by the “make love not war” ideologies that woke the planet—and the good old people were in a state of shock... Read more >>

Ephemeral footprints on the sand today remind us of the eternal, two-hundred-thousand-year-old fossilized footprints discovered at a cave in 1964, and of famous South Africans who have left other... Read more >>

During the latter years of my stay in South Africa, I developed a deep affection for a young woman in the Transvaal who lived on a farm near the Zoutpansberg Mountains, not far from the mysterious... Read more >>

A dead ostrich, a rough brick house on a bedraggled hill, and a celestial name that inspired heavenly possibility. This was what greeted me as I took ownership of an African farm, named after Angels.... Read more >>

The Apartheid Museum, Johannesburg (Pronounced “Apart-Hate”) The slogan: Segregation is exactly where it belongs—in a museum. More people than ever are traveling to South Africa,... Read more >>

November 11, 2008 Looking back at the weekend that just passed, it strikes me as being quite odd how quickly times flies by and yet how much occurs in that time. In the space of just two days,... Read more >>

South African Safari—Ultimate Adrenaline Meets Ultimate Luxury at Madikwe Safari Lodge Tearing flesh, crunching bones, the two largest lions in Africa are so close to the safari jeep that I... Read more >>

Covering fries, scooped up in onion rings, drenching my morning eggs, used as generously as salt—I have a problem with Heinz Tomato Ketchup. It’s been a staple in my parents’... Read more >>

I’m quite certain that it’s common practice amongst newly married couples to spend a certain portion of an allocated weekend to do grocery shopping together. I have found out by... Read more >>

“May the wind welcome you with softness, May the sun bless you with its warm hands, May you fly so high and so well that your God joins in your laughter, And may he set you gently back again... Read more >>