Author Archives: Roger Gosden
The song of Magicicadas
If you hear ringing in your ears this month it could be the chorus of millions of cicadas, so don’t worry about getting tinnitus! The last time periodical cicadas emerged in southeast Virginia was the spring of 2013. See the … Continue reading
Kalahari Camp Cooking
I was more lucky than shrewd in choosing to visit the northern Kalahari and Okavango Delta in Botswana at the start of the wet season and shortly before Christmas 2023. Mobile safaris organized by Penduka normally take up to nine … Continue reading
Elephants and US
There is something magisterial about the biggest living things on Earth. We are the most intelligent, the most prolific, and the most polluting species but we don’t tower in height over everyone. We look up at some animals and plants … Continue reading
Posted in Botswana, Wildlife conservation
Tagged Botswana, Elephants, Immunocontraception, Kruger National Park, Okavango Delta
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Baines Baobabs in Botswana
Of all the trees I have ever seen in Africa the Baobabs are at the forefront of memory. I saw my first specimen in the sandveld of Nxai Pans in northern Botswana. Then we drove to the famous Baines Baobabs. … Continue reading
Posted in Botswana
Tagged Baobab tree, Bushman, Elephants, Laurens van der Post, Nxai Pan, Thomas Baines
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The Kalahari and Okavango: from desert to delta and drought
My view from a window seat hardly changed on the flight from Johannesburg to Maun in northern Botswana. I rarely saw a farm or lodge in the khaki-colored plains below. A few gulleys ran irregular courses like the veins on … Continue reading
Posted in climate change, Environment, Wildlife conservation
Tagged Botswana, drought, Kalahari desert, Okavango Delta
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Roger musing about Peace with Nature 