I didn’t become bird-obsessed until we moved to our house in a rural area of Pennsylvania. There I would take my writing outside and work on a project while surrounded by birds. On our few acres, we have a varied habitat: woods (deciduous and hardwood); meadow; wetland. Our feeders were always active with finches, Black-capped … More Grey Go-away Bird: You Won’t See This in Your American Backyard
In other words, there is always something left to give, if I’m willing to make myself uncomfortable. Okay, so maybe taking my pants off doesn’t make me uncomfortable, and nobody wants to see me take my skivvies off, but you get the meaning. There is always something left to give. And there is no better … More If You Have Nothing to Give, Take Your Pants Off
This post is for a friend of mine who is having a frustrating day (you know who you are). I was saving it for a different week, but when you know someone needs a cheetah pick-me-up, you need to just share the cheetah already. These photos are from our experience taking a bush walk with … More Walking With a Cheetah
For the second time, we did not see any cheetah in Kruger National Park, a.k.a. “The Kruger”. Or…is it “the Kruger”? I love the way South Africans refer to it, particularly when they use “the”. I was trying to think of an equivalent in the states. We also drop the words “….National Park” off the … More The Marla and The Kurt Went to The Kruger Again and Saw 0 Cheetahs
If you’ve followed my blog long enough, you know that my way of dealing with stress is often music, and dancing. Not in public, but alone, where I can fill my ears with noise and my feet with space (I am kinda’ clumsy after all.) I gave you my pick-me-up playlist a year or so … More What DOES the Fox Say?
If you ask my nephew, turtles are freakin’ creepy. I never saw them that way, until our recent trip to Kruger. South Africans call turtles “terrapins” which is also what the British call them, according to Wikitardia. Driving a back road from Olifants Rest Camp to the overlook, we stopped while crossing a little pond. … More Attack of the Terrapins
You can always tell when I’m uninspired, or bored, or blocked, because it’s only then that I turn from basic story-telling mode to research mode, which usually then jogs me back into story mode. Today’s dabbling was to Quack the term “Leopard name etymology” because I’ve always been curious that “leo” is a lion, and … More Lion-Panther Cub and Lower Sabie Magic! Big Baby Five, Part Five
Have I mentioned how lucky we were during our trip to Kruger National Park? We not only saw the “Big Five” but the “Baby Big Five” as well. But it almost didn’t happen. We were happy with our trip, even though we had not seen any cheetah and only a couple lions at a distance … More Four Nipples, Five Cubs? Tired Lioness: Baby Big Five, Part Four
Kurt and I half-joked, half-wished to see a National Geographic moment during our recent trip to Kruger National Park, but I was secretly grateful we didn’t. I have a difficult time just watching anything resembling the circle of life on YouTube, and didn’t think I could really sit and watch it unfold live in front … More The Battle at Kruger we Didn’t See (Baby Big Five, Part Three)
I had an altercation at the gym this morning. Sort of. It was more like a one-sided lecture and me taking what I consider the “high road.” I wondered how I could combine this with the “Baby Big Five” post today, and realized that the same thing happened in Kruger. Sort of. We unintentionally frightened … More Gym Confrontation (and a Baby Elephant): Baby Big Five Part Two
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