Ivo – Man With a World Instead of a Country

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/valerie-tarico/spiritual-living-ivo—-m_b_617635.html   Ivo – Man with a World Instead of a Country We do not live but a quarter part of our life—why do we not let on the flood—raise the gates—and set our wheels in motion.  –Henry David Thoreau, … Continue reading

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India to Africa: Living in Hand-Me-Downs

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/valerie-tarico/living-in-hand-me-downs_b_608908.html Some years back, a group of anti-poverty advocates cast their lot in with Chevy and Ford to oppose higher gas taxes.  “That’s just stupid,” said my ever-blunt brother Dan. “Why?” I asked. “Because poor people can’t afford new cars, … Continue reading

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Capetown: God is Water

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/valerie-tarico/capetown-god-is-water_b_603944.html “God is water,” says Caron Von Zeil of Capetown, South Africa.  “Life exists because of water.”  ‘She is laughing but more than half serious. She believes that the ancestral memory of our species lies in the water molecules that … Continue reading

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Africa: Healing Gaia—One Tree at a Time

During the first half of 2010, Valerie Tarico is traveling with her husband and two teenage daughters.  Missives from the Southern Cross are her occasional dispatches from the road. From a low flying aircraft, the border between South Africa and … Continue reading

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South Africa: Too Much of a Good Thing, Elephants and Us

Kruger Park, which runs along South Africa’s border with Mozambique, is considered a national treasure.  Kruger is a wilderness of scrub—“the bush” locals call it–where zebras and giraffes casually wander along the roads, graceful buck impalas compete for herds of … Continue reading

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