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Jan Baumgartner is the author of the memoir, Moonlight in the Desert of Left Behind. She was born near San Francisco, California, and for years lived on the coast of Maine. She is a writer and creative content book editor. She's worked as a grant writer for the non-profit sector in the fields of academia, AIDS, and wildlife conservation for NGO's in the U.S. and Africa, comedy writer for live performance at Herbst Theater in S.F., and as a travel writer for The New York Times. Her work has been published online and in print, both nationally and abroad, ranging in such diverse topics as wildlife and nature, travel, humor/satire, Africa, and essays about her experience as a full time caregiver for her terminally ill husband. Her travel articles on Mexico have been widely published; two are included in anthologies. Since her husband's death", and following her passion for world travel, she has made solo trips to France, Italy, Mexico, the Bahamas, Turkey, Kenya and South Africa. She makes her home in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
(3 comments) SHARE Wednesday, March 4, 2015 Arson Destroys 35K Acres of Biodiversity at the Gallmann Africa Conservancy in N. Kenya
Last week, over 35,000 acres of prime biodiversity, home to myriad rare and endangered species, was scorched by a series of deliberately set fires. The destruction included Eng'elecha Forest, the only remaining forest in the Laikipia region of Kenya. This singular habitat loss and staggering demise of all living things that made this oasis home, is immeasurable. Series: Conservation/environment (2 Articles, 3342 views), Gallman Africa Conservancy (2 Articles, 3342 views)
(13 comments) SHARE Monday, April 21, 2008 Outsourcing Dating
And now for something completely different: The politically incorrect side to dating.
(18 comments) SHARE Saturday, April 11, 2009 The Sweet Low Down - Mexico Way
Memories are like ghosts ~ just when you think you're living, alive again, they come back to haunt you, draping across your body like gossamer; thin and veiled, nearly weightless, but enough as to feel yesterday breathing against your skin.
(6 comments) SHARE Friday, December 29, 2006 The Hanging of Saddam Hussein
As we lick our chops, collectively salivating as Hussein is led to the gallows, American bloodlust ranks up there with a diminishing number of countries in Asia and Africa that impose capital punishment, yet we are unremarkably unparalleled in the Developed, Western, Industrialized world.
(6 comments) SHARE Monday, July 27, 2009 Outing Montezuma
From the Fiction Pool ~ A Story from a
Faraway Mountain Village
(13 comments) SHARE Saturday, December 27, 2008 Mexican Milagros
A Barking Man, a Parrot who thinks its a Rooster, Drama Cat, Origins of Laughter, Beginnings and Endings, Marking Time by Church Bells
(1 comments) SHARE Friday, April 12, 2013 Juan Roberto's Garden
In later years his life had been difficult, too much pain and loss which now, mostly overshadowed the joy, except when he was in his beloved garden. He had learned along the way there were some things in life that he couldn't control or ever change.
(2 comments) SHARE Friday, November 11, 2022 The Pleasure of Her Company; Doris Grumbach - July 12, 1918-November 4, 2022
How do you sum up one's life that spanned over a century? That was born into a world during the Spanish flu and the final months of WW1, lived through the Depression, served during WW2, and a hundred years later, survived another pandemic?
(20 comments) SHARE Friday, August 15, 2008 OEN Colleague Muhammad Khurshid Safe in Peshawar
Today I received word from friend and colleague, Muhammad Khurshid, that he had made it out of the tribal villages and to safety in Peshwar.
(10 comments) SHARE Saturday, March 2, 2013 Caged Birds of Patzcuaro
What continues to surprise is often what we don't expect to see that, set amidst a new town or experience, can change a singular moment into a rush of memories. I suppose that is why I am compelled to travel; it always manifests into something other than the expected, becoming an amalgam of past and present.
(18 comments) SHARE Sunday, March 9, 2008 A Day In Mexico
Seizing the day while embracing tomorrow
(5 comments) SHARE Wednesday, November 18, 2009 The Beard
Miscommunication between Venus and Mars.
(3 comments) SHARE Saturday, August 25, 2007 The Bear Necessities
One of the last true symbols of a disappearing wilderness makes an unexpected and welcome visit.
(2 comments) SHARE Saturday, November 25, 2006 Tit for Tat
News and cleavage, news and cleavage...go together like a horse and carriage! When did cleavage become the hottest accessory on TV news?
(16 comments) SHARE Thursday, June 26, 2008 In the Blink of an Eye
Life, death, and the final days of struggle with ALS.
(3 comments) SHARE Saturday, May 12, 2007 Of Hummingbirds and Osprey
The small gifts in life are often the greatest treasures. When life overwhelms, solace patiently awaits, right outside your door
(7 comments) SHARE Monday, July 23, 2007 "Law of Parties"
No celebrating here. If you're present, and someone gets killed, your "party" becomes a date with execution
(1 comments) SHARE Saturday, April 14, 2007 From Imus to Africa: Racism Here, There, Everywhere
It is an undeniable fact; color is a major factor in nearly all facets of life - whether in relationships, housing, jobs, education, or incarceration - color is always front and center.
(1 comments) SHARE Wednesday, June 13, 2007 Don't Drink the Water
New warning to be posted at all U.S. ports of entry: Enter at your own risk - drinking the water or eating much of the food supply may be hazardous to your health
SHARE Sunday, December 17, 2006 The Decline of Darfur
As the situation deteriorates, the United Nations Human Rights Council has agreed to dispatch a high-level delegation to Darfur on a fact-finding mission to further assess the condition. And just what might this latest "fact-finding" mission hope to unearth? More dead bodies, perhaps?
(4 comments) SHARE Friday, June 27, 2008 The Last Night
"Somewhere the Sky touches the Earth, and the name of that place is the End." African saying (Wakamba)
SHARE Friday, January 5, 2007 THE COMIC GENIUS OF BUSH & ALLEN:
An interlocutor moderates a conversation of wit and wisdom between the world's second greatest comedy duo, George W. and Woody (following Burns & Allen - the other George, and Gracie, that is)
SHARE Sunday, November 19, 2006 Where The Children No Longer Dance
Did the children of Darfur stop dancing when they lost hope? Or did they lose hope when they could no longer dance?
SHARE Monday, September 18, 2006 WHAT WILL IT TAKE FOR PEOPLE TO CARE?
Rare 100-Foot Tsunami Hits Land-locked Sudan - Inland Wave Swallows Hundreds of Thousands in Darfur, Washes Away Entire Villages - Millions Displaced. It appears as though the word genocide doesn't hold as much water as it once did.
SHARE Wednesday, September 13, 2006 International Day of Peace
Many events took place in September of 2001, one of which brought a collective voice of promise in a world otherwise overwhelmed with tragedy.
SHARE Thursday, August 24, 2006 Headlines You Won't See on CNN The Most Trusted Name In News!
(or introduced and read in over-the-top loud voice, at times, shouting in order to get the point across sound bytes, perfected in the New School of "Shout the News! for Startled Attention Teleprompter Reading.")