by Rick | Dec 5, 2019 | Blog, Photographic Travel Journal
You know how dogs cock their heads first one way, then another, when they are confused? I’m told I have similar reactions to questions I don’t understand. Lately, people ask me when I’m going to retire and I first turn my head...
by Rick | Dec 3, 2019 | Blog, Photographic Travel Journal
Christine: “Are we doing to do lots of hiking in Africa?” Me: “Um, nope. There are too many things that want to kill me that I can’t outrun; we are way down on the food chain.” In my childhood, the only three creatures I feared that wanted to do serious...
by Rick | Nov 30, 2019 | Blog, Photographic Travel Journal
In a 30-minute drive in Africa, you can go a state-of-the-art shopping malls to a Maasi village that hasn’t changed much in 3,000 years. I often wonder who is better off; those who live with all the latest amenities or those who live with only the basics? ...
by Rick | Nov 23, 2019 | Blog
I have a social experiment for you to try. The next time you invite someone to your home, out to dinner, to join you for coffee or any reason to get together, make your first words to them this phrase: “You’re welcome!” The first time I went to Africa – and the...
by Rick | Nov 21, 2019 | Blog, Photographic Travel Journal
Seriously, what kind of idiot literally pours a heaping tablespoon of salt into an open wound? Me. That idiot was me. I must confess I’m pretty stupid about who I trust sometimes. Take for example, Jeff Miller, my one-year-older-than-me nephew. If you’ve...
