Enjoying colorful Colorado. Little hiking couple days ago up to about 11 plus thousand feet. Saw a marmot, rabbit, few birds, and a few humanoids too. Things look better and little clearer at that altitude. Quite a panorama, and watching a summer thunderstorm develop and slip off to the other side of the pass. Makes you feel a little younger and more alive.
Next day visit by no. one son back from a harley cycle trip to Las Vegas with wife. No worse for the wear after hot 107 degree temp in Arizona being hailed on, rained on , and many changes of clothes to meet the climate changes.. And what did we see that next afternoon, but a big beautiful black bear in out back yard eating on some berries. More pictures to pass on to the grand kids, with the Africa ones. Well time to check out the ball games. Tilllllll lattterrrr........
Saturday, August 18, 2007
Tuesday, August 14, 2007
beginning- Africa
hey, why not. old enough, lived a little, sooooooooo here goes. why herc? well that came from a high school play back in the fifty's. I played hercules, the friend of wilber nelson. liked it, it stuck in cyber land.
just got back from africa. what a huge place, and lots to do and see. was with my
brother and twenty some more from the u.s. and one ausie. mostly went to work and help out some of the more needy in Malawi. saw over 1300 patients with all kinds of maladies. most had parasitses, i.e. worms and other parasites. Malaria, schistosomiasis, skin diseases were endemic. a quite a few hypertensives, diabetics, skin lesions, and , of course, a few AIDS patients. many of the children were malnourished existing on mostly a starch diet. we saw two or three hundred orphanes of AIDS parents that had expired.
most of the work done for them was from religious organizations and philanthropists. I and my bro were a part of the former.
I loved the people. so accepting and grateful for the help we were providing. hard not to want to do more for them, plenty of invites to return. always ready to give you a big hug, thanks, for your efforts. several wanted to communicate and ask for addresses and email addresses.
enough for no. 1, will write more another day.
Herc
just got back from africa. what a huge place, and lots to do and see. was with my
brother and twenty some more from the u.s. and one ausie. mostly went to work and help out some of the more needy in Malawi. saw over 1300 patients with all kinds of maladies. most had parasitses, i.e. worms and other parasites. Malaria, schistosomiasis, skin diseases were endemic. a quite a few hypertensives, diabetics, skin lesions, and , of course, a few AIDS patients. many of the children were malnourished existing on mostly a starch diet. we saw two or three hundred orphanes of AIDS parents that had expired.
most of the work done for them was from religious organizations and philanthropists. I and my bro were a part of the former.
I loved the people. so accepting and grateful for the help we were providing. hard not to want to do more for them, plenty of invites to return. always ready to give you a big hug, thanks, for your efforts. several wanted to communicate and ask for addresses and email addresses.
enough for no. 1, will write more another day.
Herc
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