"Every creature honor and respect // Bird or beast, plant or insect // If you look at life you will detect // From dust to dust, divine intellect."
-Omar Khayyam
Read MoreEasy Gluten Free Banana Bread
Well, that was easy!
I took a recipe for gluten-free banana bread and thought I would experiment in making it dairy-free and sugar free as well. These things always take a failure or two before getting it right, but this time I simply substituted the butter for coconut oil and the sugar for some stevia, and viola!
Read MoreThe Most Elusive Journey
Truth is an addictive game and a wrenching pursuit. But to remain stagnant is a horrible alternative. To ignore what could be known is unacceptable.
Read MoreGetting comfortable in Virunga - Bukima and Mikeno
Although hearing of Congo's forests may evoke images from Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness, with adventurers facing the perils of the river and the forest and all that come with it, our trip to Congo's Virunga National Park was a far cry from roughing it.
Read MoreVisiting Congo's Mountain Gorillas
We stayed with the gorillas for an hour, watching the mothers and babies interact, and looking in awe at the huge silverback - the male patriarch of the family.
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