Postcards From Djoudj: A Pelican Paradise

A wonderful bird is the pelican, His bill will hold more than his belican, He can take in his beak Food enough for a week, But I’m damned if I see how the helican. ~ Dixon Lanier Merritt, 1910 65 km North-east of Saint-Louis, Senegal and the edge of the Sahara lies the Parc National des Oiseaux…

World Environment Day: My Pledge

This post is about me, Ginette… More specifically–it’s about me celebrating ‘World Environment Day’. This year’s theme, “Seven Billion Dream. One Planet. Consume with Care” resonates with me. I’m a late blooming nature-lover, born and raised in a big city, and it wasn’t until my Adirondack 46ers quest that I got closer to nature. On each…