The Torchlight Travel Blog

Where I get to muse about my travels, such as they are....and write about some of the fun places I've visited, that you might want to visit, too. This page is a cornucopia of all I decide to add under the blog concept, in chronological order,but you will also find dedicated pages under the main blog button above.

The primary Torchlight Travel Blog pieces you will find in the top right feed.

Tales from the Treehouse is a concept I've been playing with while developing a travel diary with the editor of a Luxury Lifestyle and Travel Magazine I've been writing for, (as yet in development.)

You will also find excerpts from my book, Each Wind That Blows, and the "I Hadn't Really Lived Until..." is where I collect moments that mattered to me and others but maybe don't merit a full length story.What's yours? I want to know!(And you might win a book.)

Tales From The TreeHouse

Tales From The TreeHouse

A Word on the Strength of Women and Water Dear Daniel, Thank you for sending the Tischendorf piece my way, it’s a fascinating story. I’m having a gas while it’s kicking my butt as I wrestle with this myriad of details and fun facts. He had to have possessed an extraordinary sense of will and purpose, not to mention a keen intellect willing to adapt to new information, to persevere and succeed as he did. But there is one pertinent question to which the answer escapes me – did

Tales From The Treehouse

Tales From The Treehouse

A Word on the Lure of the Vespa and The Power of Dreams Dear Daniel, So you thought I’d balk at writing about Vespas? How extraordinairy and au contraire, ma Cherie! And to make my point, I need only share with you a now obscure blog I wrote many moons ago, if not in a faraway land, though some would consider Texas just that, so let’s say a…distant, land. I named it, most succinctly, sincerely and to the point: I Want A Vespa... I want a Vespa. There, I said it. I want a Vesp

Tales From The Treehouse

Tales From The Treehouse

A Word On Rats, Bats and Treehouses Dear Daniel, There were Wildebeest in our orchard last night. (Now there’s a line I never thought I’d write, but I rather enjoyed it now that I have.) Off the cusp that’s really cool and fun, but as was pointed out to me in a fashion that rather dampened my glee, that may not go well in the long run for all our fledgling fruit trees. So there you go, the fun and the hazards of living in a wildlife reserve in deepest, darkest Africa. Another

Tales From The Treehouse

Tales From The Treehouse

A Word On Dryers and Lint Balls Dear Daniel, Actually, I don’t have a literal treehouse yet, but I will someday soon, I'm told, and in the meantime, I have come to realize that both my home in the US and my borrowed cottage here do a fine impersonation of a treehouse, so I can't complain. But when I do, I will write there in splendid bliss, looking out at the African treetops festooned with wild orchids, moss and more, such as all the birds and insects that reside there, and

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This is Africa

This is Africa

White Horse Inn, Bvumba Mountains, Zimbabwe

White Horse Inn, Bvumba Mountains, Zimbabwe

Mozambique Horse Safari

Mozambique Horse Safari

Tragicomedy and the Art of Travelling Well

Tragicomedy and the Art of Travelling Well

The Counting of Blessings

The Counting of Blessings

Nsobe Game Lodge and Camp, Zambia

Nsobe Game Lodge and Camp, Zambia

Have Pen, Will Travel

Have Pen, Will Travel

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