There is an Arabic proverb that says, “If you play the flute in Zanzibar all Africa dances …” Its derivation hails from a period when, nearly 200 years ago, the islands were colonized by an Omani s
The day a 14-foot python, out hunting for food, strangled our Staffordshire bull terrier to death in front of my mother and me during an evening walk on the farm in Zimbabwe, was the day my scales tipped from wary a
When I cup seeds in the palm of my hand — be they basil seeds the size of pinheads or crimson-splashed lima beans — and really take the time to examine them, I lose myself.
Is there any living thing out there that doesn’t thrive on the benefits of ginger and turmeric? In the garden the plants play host to a profusion of birds, bees, and wasps … the last of which I discovered
Elephants, in sets of three, lumbered into my consciousness last Friday.
I’ve returned to Bluemont, Virginia to put my 1827 stone Colonial house on the market. When I left Zambia 12 days ago I hadn’t considered selling; I was coming back to supervise a changeover of tenants.
