WILD splendid life is a personal journal inspired by the world outside. Through memory and reflection, it honors the ways in which our inner lives are enriched by and reminiscent of the outdoors--its "magic things" and grand diversions, its distant corners and discoveries close at hand. Adventure in the wild features prominently here, rounded out by the comforts of home, good food, and strolls through the city. Colorado, as well as destinations around the globe, provide the setting. Like life, publication frequency ebbs and flows.
Read moreShe pulled in her horizon like a great fish-net.
Pulled it from around the waist of the world and draped it over her shoulder,
so much of life in its meshes!
She called in her soul to come and see.
Kennebunkport – Maine, U.S.A. We celebrate our birthdays with travel. This year, for my 30th, we took a road trip to Kennebunkport. I have nursed a fascination with Maine since grade school when I prepared a report on the state as…
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Langebaan – Western Cape, South Africa. August and September are flower season in South Africa’s West Coast National Park, which borders the coastal town of Langebaan. Just an hour’s drive to the north of Cape Town, it makes for a…
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Blyde River Canyon – Mpumalanga, South Africa. Nearing the end of a two-week road trip through South Africa, Botswana, and Zimbabwe, we drove through the stunning Blyde River Canyon, along its Panorama Route. With only a few exposures remaining on…
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Great Zimbabwe – Masvingo, Zimbabwe. Visiting Great Zimbabwe was a dream come true. It helped that we were the first to arrive at the site, so early that the morning fog still hung low over the ruins. As we scampered…
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Danamombe Ruins and Matobo Hills – Matabeleland South, Zimbabwe. No visit to Bulawayo should be without a day trip to the surrounding countryside. The natural beauty, archaeological sites, and solitude are unmatched. To the south of Bulawayo are the Matobo…
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Victoria Falls – Matabeleland North, Zimbabwe. In the Tonga language, the massive water fall on the Zambezi River between Zimbabwe and Zambia is named Mosi-oa-Tunya–“the smoke that thunders”–for the spectacular cloud of mist that shrouds it during the rainy season….
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Cape of Good Hope – Western Cape, South Africa. Before I owned a digital camera and well before this website entered my mind, there was Cape Town where Njabulo and I met, fell in love, and discovered a mutual passion…
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