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Tonight we arrived at our destination in Brewster, New York. But before I get into that let’s do some catch up on the previous day’s events.

After driving from Iowa through Illinois and Indiana we pulled into the beautiful Lilac Thyme Stables in Ohio’s Columbia Station. The camels were greeted by a dozen or so cheering young girls holding up signs with the camels’ names and … Continue reading →

Last night, Sunday May 13, we unloaded Sage and Phoenix into a lush paddock outside the house of Linda Nebbe of Cedar Falls, Iowa. New, and never before tasted, grasses, weeds, bark and tree leaves had them immediately turned “on”.

On the green lawns of the Edgerton Explorit Center, in Aurora Nebraska, Sage and Phoenix were welcomed by a group of happy kids, happy to meet the two camels and happy to collect grass for them.

After a wonderful send off from about 20 people, this morning, it was a smooth and easy day getting from Middletown, California, over to Washoe Valley, near Reno. Phoenix and Sage traveled well and were in good shape upon arrival, … Continue reading →

Today we load Sage and Phoenix into their trailer and head over the Sierras to Washoe Valley, near Reno, Nevada, where we spend our first night… Our eventual destination is the Green Chimneys School in New York, where Sage and … Continue reading →

Seven Threats to Human Virtue 1. Wealth without work 2. Pleasure without conscience 3. Knowledge without character 4. Business without ethics 5. Science without  humanity 6. Religion without sacrifice 7. Politics without principle  

“I have come to the frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element. It is my personal approach that creates the climate. It is my daily mood that makes the weather. I possess

In the latter part of 2011, deep in a golden California pasture, serendipity arrived. The bundle of patterns that is man stood beside a camel in an open field under a wide sky. The camel and the man stood equal, … Continue reading →

“We need another and a wiser, and perhaps a more mystical concept of animals. Remote from universal nature and living by complicated artifice, man in civilization surveys the creature through the glass of his knowledge and sees thereby a feather … Continue reading →

I recently read a well written article by Peter Gray, excerpted below. A lot of what he covers in terms of culture and the dynamics within egalitarian culture runs in parallel with camel (or any grazing) herd culture. How Hunter-Gatherers … Continue reading →