Someone once said something about the best laid plans...
Well, my plans were to write faithfully to my nature blog on a "fairly regular" basis. Well, the last time I contributed to my little creation here, we were in the very shallow depths of a South Carolina winter. Now, here we are in the infancy of summer, having leapt clean over spring...
As time has passed, and temperature increased, I must admit that I have not faithfully followed a dear writing mentor's advice to me of writing everyday. Sure, I think about the process, but there are so many days that pen simply does not meet paper-- or in most cases for me, fingers meeting keypad.
Nature of course, goes on whether I write about it or not. Since my last entry, I've literally been on the other side of the earth to see nature in a very different light. A two week sojourn in South Africa cruising about the North Cape was one of the most enlightening experiences of my life. The landscapes were vast--intimidating in many ways in fact. The wildlife was wonderfully diverse. The photo attached to today's entry is of a gemsbok from the Kalahari (Kgalagadi) Transfrontier Park. It was a wildlife ecologists paradise and a birders dream. More on that later! I am, though, still trying to resolve some of the human ecology that I saw. I hope to drop a few notes on the blog here to post hoc a bit about the various and sundry issues swimming about in my head regarding my trip to the Motherland. It was definitely about more than the birds.
In between Africa and now I've also been in the spring snows at Keystone, Colorado and on the bays of downeast Maine. So I do have a lot in fact to write about--to share about so much.
And so I am back....ready hopefully to be a better and more faithful contributor. I'm not asking for any fatted calves to be killed on my behalf (some of you will get this) but I do feel the open arms and welcome. The prodigal nature writer has returned...
Naturally,
Drew
