Phangan Animal Care for Strays
This is the third monthly post in the 2021 Kindness series. Each month I will make a donation to a different nonprofit and write about the organization. Eight years ago this week Michael and I were on the island of [...]
Room to Read – Literacy and Girls Education
This month’s Kindness series is about the nonprofit Room to Read. Learn about their literacy and girls education programs in low-income communities and how you can help. Do you know how many people in the world are illiterate? [...]
I Adopted an Elephant
This is the first monthly post in the 2021 Kindness series. Each month I will make a donation to a different nonprofit and write about the organization. I planned to start in January, but was too excited about the first [...]
A Healing Journey Begins
If you have visited my blog in the past (thank you), you may have noticed that I haven’t written for a while. That’s because the past four years have been extremely difficult for my family (even before COVID and social [...]
Mountain Gorilla Population Reaches 1000
Although mountain gorillas are still a critically endangered species, the population is growing. The International Gorilla Conservation Programme recently announced the results of their latest mountain gorilla census which documented a 25% increase since the previous count. About Mountain [...]