Three Cheetahs

Three Cheetahs

Communication between the drivers in the Masai Mara is amazing. Our driver, Musa gets word early morning that some cheetahs are sighted near Intrepid Camp…off we go (after a cup of coffee) for the long drive east…toward Intrepid Camp. When we arrive where...

A Whirlwind Weekend in Chicago

How much can I pack into one weekend? I decide to see how many memories of Chicago I will recreate so I invite myself to join Mary, Nora and Warren for their road trip north. They had two intents…eat at their favorite restaurants and see Warren off on the bus to...

A Spring Journey

How many worlds can I inhabit in less than a week? The day after my 82nd birthday I am with family in the Punta Cana, Dominican Republic airport. Ten inches of snow greet us when we awake the next day. Mary, Nora and Warren had set the ball rolling by deciding a...

Dominican Republic Scholarship

Dear Friends, You receive this letter as a friend of Judy Brook or of Rodney Wilson. Both Judy and Rod served on the Dream Team, their medical mission team to the Dominican Republic.  When Judy died in October of 2004, it was Rodney Wilson who was inspired to found...

A Train Story in India

Another quick story from Paula Philbrook. I’d forgotten this one… In 1984, in New Delhi at the International Exposition for Rural Development (IERD), we sent teams out to places across India for visits to exceptional examples of sustainable development. ...

In India with the Lanphears

Fred and Nancy remained in Chikale (village in India) getting ready as one of the visit sites from the IERD (International Exposition of Rural Development).  They arrived in India in September, 1983 in the midst of the monsoons, spent a week in Maliwada at a council...