Ride Hard & Then Cozy Beside the Campfire, Y'all

Takin' it easy at Arizona's Tanque Verde Ranch. Image copyright www.amandacastleman.com.

Surviving the very darkest day of the year...

Toga, shmoga. Nothing says Saturnalia like Medusa hair!

My friends threw a Roman-themed solstice party. As a lapsed classicist, I went to the mythology well for costume ideas. And also an excuse to buy those Archie McPhee Cthulhu tentacles I'd been eyeing for a while... Photo by Doug Spaulding.

Happy Fiftieth Birthday, Dear Kenya!

Hongera on your half-century of nationhood. I whipped up a little Yahoo Travel slideshow of my photos in your honor!

Giraffes stride near the Mara Leisure Camp. Copyright www.amandacastleman.com.