The orange line at the top represents the Sahara desert (which owns 4/5 of the country), the orange circle for the sun that shines so generously on the blue sky. The green line at the bottom stands for the river Niger, which, despite only running through the very Western corner of Niger, is the only [...]

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I was just falling asleep when I heard a crash that sounded as if the roof was being torn into pieces. Half awake, the only thing I could think of was that the water tower must have exploded somehow and that big chunks of plastic were flying in every direction. The dogs were barking on [...]

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Despite appearances (as suggested by her presence at Ishtar’s Ark and the fact that she spent a lot of money to come and visit us), my dear friend Hanna is not known for her love of animals (except for the occasional cat). Prior to arrival, she was asked about her expectations at coming to live [...]

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Last Thursday, on an ordinary day, we were driving through town on our way back to the Eden office- -when an orange truck slammed into us for no apparent reason. It would have seen the car crushed in the middle, had not my father caught a weird look in the driver’s face and thrown the [...]

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A woman and her baby heads back to their village after their weekly visit to the market of Mirriah To meet other people of the world and get a glimpse of their corner of the world, visit My World.

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Cooking – in my book – is always fun, and as you may have figured out by now, I love to improvise, using the resources that are available. When we visited Liz (a Peace Corps Volunteer) in her village, we brought a few ingredients for lunch that we knew would not get spoiled in the [...]

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When Sheba starts to prance with RR wrestling desire, there is only one human for her to turn to. Namely my father! You see, my father is the only human I know who will answer to her wrestling desire. That is probably because he is one of the people she will try very hard not [...]

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Full name: Arwen Sarauniya Owner: Esther Garvi Born: Spring 2001 Breed: Nigerien barb Purchased: Nov 2005 Height: 148 cm / 4,8 ft Weight: 300 kg / 660 lb Bred: Jan 2006 & Oct 2007 Offspring: Isolde yar’Arwen (born Sep 2008) Full name: Sahara Taurin Kai Owner: Anette Bengtsson Born: Spring 2004 Breed: Nigerien barb Purchased: [...]

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The sun sets so quickly, and in a matter of minutes, the scenery changes. Anette and I were out riding and made it to the Midik hill just in time to watch the sun go down over the seasonal lake, which has now dried out. Here is our pink moment! It was wonderful just to [...]

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If you happened to miss the Niger famine drama that took place in 2004-05 on International Television, you can now watch the documentary about it, entitled The Famine Scam, on YouTube. The Famine Scam (2008) The main protagonists in this story involve 1 – The Media (in particular, the BBC) who claimed that one third [...]

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Hot season has kicked in, and everyone is warm and sticky. Not being one to complain, Sheba (our Rhodesian ridgeback from Sweden) adjusts her temperature by taking frequent baths in her new 100 liter water tub. Prior to falling in love with her new tub, she had hopped into our miniature pool at home, but [...]

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As soon as we heard that there was a camel in Liz’ village, we wanted to ask the owner if we could ride it. At that time, the camel was still not back from the market, but the owner (the herder of the village) told us to come back the following day and he would [...]

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Many of you readers have wondered how Illami is doing, so here is a quick update! For you of who just came in, Illami was our friend Paige’s wonderful stallion, who stayed with us at Ishtar’s Ark this winter. When Paige wasn’t able to keep him due to unfortunate circumstances, she passed him on to [...]

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We all watched Sheba’s equine friend Kalaharin go canine with the dog toy, and to answer back, here is Sheba the Rhodesian ridgeback going equine with her barb friend, sharing a bowl of horse food. “Yummy!” “Can’t believe I’ve been missing out on these goodies for so long! Bran mash with crushed sorghum, you say, [...]

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Just about a month and a half, I entered Sheba in a dog photo contest held at Out and About with your Dog. Having never had a dog who enjoyed toys as much as Sheba, and seeing that the prize was a toy, I just had to take a minute and sum up some of [...]

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