Tag Archive for: lessons from the wild

Wild Again Returning Home – Africa Through The Eyes of a Norwegian

Returning Home – Africa Through The Eyes of a Norwegian

"It’s an irritating reality that many places and events defy description. Angkor Wat and Machu Picchu, for instance, seem to demand silence, like a love affair you can never talk about. For a while after, you fumble for words, trying vainly…
AfrikaBurn and Wild Dogs

What AfrikaBurn And Wild Dogs Have in Common

In South Africa, it's burn season at the moment and by that I don't mean the natural veld fire kind. Rather it's the time of year where about ten thousand people head for the Tankwa Karoo to the small cousin equivalent of the Burning Man event…
Whatever You Do Don’t Run!

Whatever You Do Don’t Run!

If you've ever walked in a wilderness area, one of the first things your guide will tell you is "should we surprise an animal, whatever you do do not run". The funny thing is that what normally follows are tales from guides of newly wed couples…
Reasons To Love That You’re Getting Older

Reasons To Love That You’re Getting Older

Nature has the best way of putting things into perspective. On my birthday a short while ago I found myself standing on top of Table Mountain in Cape Town, pondering the concept of age. Our modern society seems to have a serious aversion to…
The Perfectly Imperfect Lion

The Perfectly Imperfect Lion

"The most effective strategy for successful living is really no strategy at all. It is rather to be real, to be honest, to be authentic, to be you"- Ralph Marston I remember the exact moment I took this photograph. You would think that when…
Sometimes We’re Mean Because We’re Actually Really Sweet

Sometimes We’re Mean Because We’re Actually Really Sweet

I've always had an obsession with aloes. As a student, it did my heart wonders to drive through the Eastern Cape of South Africa to and from Rhodes University in winter and see entire hill sides lit up with flaming Aloe flowers. I was such a…
The Key To Life’s Goodness Is In The Dirt

The Key To Life’s Goodness Is In The Dirt

The Smoky Mountains of Tennessee are teaming with life. Being summer the creeks are running, birds are prolific but what stood out for me were the forest floors teaming with butterfly congregations. At a few different spots we came across gorgeous…
Amy Attenborough About Amy Leopard Cubs

When My Future Self Wrote My Current Self A Letter

Ben Okri wrote, "every now and again life sends us little messages. The messages are meant for us alone. […] They may seem perfectly banal to the world, but to you, for whom they were intended, they have the force of revelation...” Hindsight…