Jabu, Thembi, Doug, Sandi, Morula
In 2007, this was my last glimpse of Doug and Sandi, and their three incredible elephants. Tomorrow I get on an airplane and begin a long two-day journey to return to the Okavango Delta in Botswana, to turn from “Goodbye,” to “Hello.”
Cheryl Merrill’s essays have been published in Fourth Genre, Pilgrimage, Brevity, Seems, South Loop Review, Ghoti, Alaska Quarterly Review, Adventum and Isotope. “Singing Like Yma Sumac” was selected for the Best of Brevity 2005 and Creative Nonfiction #27. It was also included in the anthology Short Takes: Model Essays for Composition, 10th Edition. Another essay, “Trunk,” was chosen for Special Mention in Pushcart 2008.
She is currently working on a book about elephants: Larger than Life: Living in the Shadows of Elephants.
Have a safe and glorious trip Cheryl…I am so jealous!
Thanks Barbara – Hopefully you’ll get to visit the Trio someday, too.
Have a safe, wonderful journey and time with your 5 friends. I wish I could join you!
Thanks! I do hope you get to visit the elephants some day!
Safe travels, Cheryl! Can’t wait to hear about your fabulous African adventure when you return!
See you in June!