My friend, author, former reporter and now Humane Society (US) communications exec John Balzar, once told a story about a reporting trip he made to Lesotho.
He says he was driving along in the countryside of this small Southern African country when he noticed a man riding a horse, followed by a woman, apparently his wife, trudging behind him on foot, carrying a load of firewood.
John says he was struck by the apparent unfairness of this scene, so he stopped. He asked the man on horseback why was he riding while his wife was walking. John says the man looked at him as if he were a moron.
He says he was driving along in the countryside of this small Southern African country when he noticed a man riding a horse, followed by a woman, apparently his wife, trudging behind him on foot, carrying a load of firewood.
John says he was struck by the apparent unfairness of this scene, so he stopped. He asked the man on horseback why was he riding while his wife was walking. John says the man looked at him as if he were a moron.
The answer was simple, said the man, “she does not have a horse.”
(And by the way, if you haven’t done so, read John’s book “Yukon Alone.” In the heat of an African summer I can guarantee just reading it will make you feel cool. It is wonderfully evocative writing, the kind we could use more of. More on the book at: http://books.google.com/books?id=JXrrEe-OWywC&dq=%22yukon+alone%22&pg=PP1&ots=tIBXYJ9HqR&sig=BxlbZS3mT0w0um1xTZgvVX1o8es&hl=en&prev=http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22Yukon+Alone%22&sa=X&oi=print&ct=title&cad=one-book-with-thumbnail )
(And by the way, if you haven’t done so, read John’s book “Yukon Alone.” In the heat of an African summer I can guarantee just reading it will make you feel cool. It is wonderfully evocative writing, the kind we could use more of. More on the book at: http://books.google.com/books?id=JXrrEe-OWywC&dq=%22yukon+alone%22&pg=PP1&ots=tIBXYJ9HqR&sig=BxlbZS3mT0w0um1xTZgvVX1o8es&hl=en&prev=http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=%22Yukon+Alone%22&sa=X&oi=print&ct=title&cad=one-book-with-thumbnail )
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