Salvadora persica — a cute, bright green bush that grows wild throughout Kenya and many parts of Africa, that in a pinch will give you berries, and that Colgate smile. At Selenaki Conservancy, Wilson Kesaine and our Lion Guardian and Maasai warrior…
While France is recovering from the Charlie Hebdo massacre, this also happened: Islam extremist militant group Boko Haram massacred up to 2,000 people in Nigeria. [http://tinyurl.com/opfbyec] Nothing is left of the town. It's burned and destr…
When you need to go for a walk with your friend's mom to see her ministry she's building with ladies from her church and it's a 1.5-mile walk on the Pamodzi village dirt paths, and you only have high sandals? You wear - no, you rock -…
Happy New Year's everyone, wherever you may be. I wish you all the best in 2015 — peace, love and adventure. I will be ringing in midnight in Ndola, Zambia, a country I never expected to visit or thought about visiting except in that obtuse way…
She can’t remember just what it was about Savior, but Comfort fell in love with him quickly after meeting him. She was 20. Five months later, Savior asked her to marry him. She said yes and he gave her parents 200 kwacha for the engagement. The am…
Just in case you need some more "awww" to start your morning: Two lionesses. Eight cubs. Cuteness overload. Still amazed at how close you could get and the lions just were not concerned. I guess that is what happens whe you are "k…
Remembering Kenya: "On the job." Taking a selfie with the kiddos at a Maasai village outside the Selenkay Conservancy, Kenya. I was taking videos and we were going nuts looking at images in the back of the Nikon. I look forward to sharin…
CHEPTULU,KENYA — Cosmos Alusiola needs the right kind of clay for this traditional Tiriki pottery and the earth near Cheptulu town isn’t. When he needs it, someone packs sacks of the special clay and soil from his hometown of Masingo and he pays f…
On the other side of the small creek are 10 lion cubs, running through the grass. I am disappointed we are on the wrong side, until they paw closer and settle in with three female lions ... about 30 feet from the Land Rover. On this morning, the…
