South Dakota. Custer State Park is a great place to view wildlife in the autumn.  The buffalo dotted the hills of grasslands or sometimes meandered by the road. When you’re a buffalo, you do what you want.  The donkeys were…

Sea lions make me smile. Like us, they are social animals. I was constantly drawn both to their interactions and solitary meanderings. Sea lions are vocal. They would have appreciated Emile Zola’s quip: “I am here to live out loud!”And they…

Gibraltar.  I took the cable car up to the summit of the Rock of Gibraltar. It was a bit chilly at the top so I took my windbreaker out of my backpack and put it on. No sooner had I…

News flash from Kenya – daydreaming on safari. “This just in. The search for the party dude has a horrific ending. Zoey Zebra is on the scene with a live report.  Zoey?” “Thanks Bruno.  Mid morning, Sergeant Bray was investigating…

As I look out over the street smothered in white and watch the big snow flakes falling fast, I am reminded of the Bald Eagles in winter.  There was a time, when I was traveling in southern Illinois and driving toward Clarksville, Missouri. My…