Veronica James's Blog, page 150
October 18, 2015
Meeting Africa’s Mysterious Maasai Across Culture and Time
In the Great Rift Valley of Tanzania, Africa we took a journey of a hundreds of miles, and a thousand years.
Join us as we discover a world of the seldom seen and meet a people who live in an area so remote there is little communication with the outside world.
We visit a family with eleven wives in a terrain so harsh and dry that drinking blood provides much needed nourishment and hydration.
And yet… CONTINUE READING >>
Discovering Africa’s Mysterious Maasai People
It’s impossible to fully capture the Maasai through words and photos, watch and enter their world through our eyes… SEE MORE >>
October 15, 2015
Win a Weekend at our Favorite NYC Hotel – by Helping Kids in Africa Receive Much Needed Books!
We talk a lot about volunteering and giving back here on GypsyNester.com.
We feel that, as empty nesters, many of us have the time now to get out and do good in our communities and in the world.
But what if you can give to a great cause AND enter to win a fabulous prizes – including a weekend at the Library Hotel in Manhattan? Guess what? YOU can… CLICK TO FIND OUT HOW! >>
October 10, 2015
A Day of Reflection in Nagasaki, Japan
Our day of reflection takes us through cherry blossom-strewn, peaceful Nagasaki.Join us as we stroll through The Peace Garden with its towering Prayer Monument, wonder at the surviving statues of a church at ground zero of the atomic bomb, visit the epicenter and the Atomic Bomb Museum.
We’ll take you back to the day when the clocks forever stopped at 11:02… CONTINUE READING >>
October 6, 2015
GypsyNesters on Your TV – Watch Us on WSMV!
We will be appearing Wednesday, October 7 on WSMV Channel 4 Nashville on More at Midday!
Set your alarms for noon – will be joining the Midday gang to discuss our life on the road, reconnecting as a couple, and our upcoming appearance at the Southern Festival of Books!
Turn on those TVs or WATCH LIVE HERE! Leave a comment!
October 4, 2015
Only by Air: Alaska’s Extremely Remote Tundra Villages
Ever since our youngest, The Boy, took a job as a pilot in Alaska we have been intrigued by the unique corner of Alaska that his small airline serves.He flies to about two dozen little native villages that are only accessible by air – there are no roads in or out of the harsh tundra.
These are some of the most remote settlements anywhere in the United States… CONTINUE READING >>
October 1, 2015
What Makes a Great Empty Nest Destination? Here are our Suggestions!
With the children raised and off on their own, many of the obstacles that hindered our ability to travel extensively have disappeared, but there may be some new challenges.The key for us empty nesters is to decide what we are seeking when we travel, then match the destination to our desires.
If we plan ahead for our levels of comfort, cost, and activity level, checking most anything off the… CONTINUE READING >>
September 27, 2015
Hunting the Big 5 with our Camera – Safari South African Style
As luck would have it.
The phrase doesn’t necessarily refer to good luck; sometimes it can preface a lament of ill fortune.
In the case of our photo safari in South Africa, as luck would have it, we were about as (good) lucky as anyone could get… CONTINUE READING >>
Big 5 Photo Safari in Kruger National Park, South Africa
Watch us hunt for the Big 5 in South Africa – and come nose to nose with an angry rhino!.. SEE MORE >>
September 24, 2015
We’ve Been Accepted into the Southern Festival of Books! Come see us in Nashville!
Big, big news!
We (and our book, Going Gypsy) have been accepted into one of our favorite book events – The Southern Festival of Books in Nashville!
Humanities Tennessee has been throwing this great event for twenty-seven years, and its popularity has inspired hundreds of similar book festivals.
Because of their dedication to the written word, the festival is free to all who want to celebrate the joy of reading!
Join us and two hundred of the nation’s most prominent authors for three days of fun, interaction, and – because it’s in Nashville, music!… SEE MORE ABOUT THE SOUTHERN FESTIVAL OF BOOKS AND HOW YOU CAN MEET US THERE >>
