Hello

Sorry. Sorry. Sorry.
I feel like I’ve neglected a child. I’ve left stagnant my blog without explanation or excuse for weeks now.
It’s been on my mind even though I’ve been completely out of touch, out of the loop and distracted. I’ve also been disconnected literally and figuratively until today.
I’ve had things to say but haven’t had an opportunity to say them.
But firstly an apology is in order. An apology to my blog and to those readers who care.
I wish I had gone online from Kenya to describe the beauty of what I saw when I met with my father’s family for a gathering there. We stayed in a tented camp between the Serengeti and Masai Mara National Park. The Cottar’s Safari is run by my relatives. It’s a beautiful part of the world. Isolated and remarkably restful. I felt and was on holiday.
On holiday a few weeks earlier there were Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie and their children. I spotted their names and the delightful drawings by their children in the guest book. Apparently the couple spent a week playing with their children and spotting wildlife. Spotting wildlife is not difficult in this garden of Eden. It’s bountiful.
I will be writing more about Kenya and its conservation issues when I am back at work. For now I can say that I wish I had had more time in Nairobi and some time on the coast. I’ll go back I hope.
For the rest of the holiday I’ve been on our beautiful wild coast, and now we’re in the mountains of the eastern cape where we’re holidaying with friends for the New Year week.
A happy New Year to everybody. I hope that 2010 brings peace and happiness to us all.