Category: travel
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The book was waiting for me. It was a moment when you can’t help believing in fate. I’ve been compiling a list of books to discuss with fellow writers at a workshop I’m giving in June. I want a range of voices and genres, and woke up one morning in early January thinking to include…
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Bison probably don’t top the list of charismatic mega fauna you’d see in San Francisco. But there they were, right in the heart of Golden Gate Park on a sunny Friday afternoon. They do top my “unexpected encounters with bison” list. Second on that list would be the time I spotted a wood bison, grazing…
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I lived in Venezuela for two years as a teenager. My dad was part of an international team offering training across South America on sustainable land and water resource development with a focus on agriculture. This program was created by the Organization of American States. Maybe you don’t know that organization, but it is among…