We have traversed this route a few times now. The one from Nairobi to Nanyuki. The first time we came through, we sat, eyes wide, taking...

We are currently in the middle of Northern Kenya, at a Turkana based research centre near the city of Lodwar. We returned yesterday from...

Hello!! I just wanted to plug my friend Emma‘s blog about this program! Her posts are funny, fresh, and generally more descriptive than...

Puppy in lap and cold drink in hand, I sit and wait for Saturday to start. Behind me, the sun sets over the Turkwell River. Life is...

For a moment, let’s just forget about it all… I’ve been excited to sit down and write about this place since we arrived, but now that I...

I'm sorry I've been gone awhile. It's only that I have been flirting with death. We spend our days with her, see, here at Mpala, have...

Imagine, if you will, a squirrel. Imagine that it is three times as large as a squirrel should be. Imagine that it is bored out of its...

The most incredible day... We woke at 5 am today (5 am!!) to get to the Mt. Kenya animal orphanage and conservancy before the bongos...

Last night I lay on the ground staring up at the sky, a speck of dust stuck to another speck of dust by mere static hold. Above me, stars...

A year ago today, my grandfather died. Texts from Kabbalistic Judaism suggest the path of the soul's journey after death. There is...

Day 3, nighttime: Veronica is cutting Kendra’s hair with a pair of paper scissors, a Swiss army knife, and a headlamp. K-pop screams in...

I woke up today to a stunning sunrise. The sun's rays extend farther into the clouds than I had ever imagined they could. Gold, orange,...

A collection of observations: Nairobi is a new world. People walk the streets alongside us as we drive through. Car horns blare,...