Zoo Stories

zac | March 2, 2006

Hi.
I went to the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo this past weekend. It is a very remarkable zoo. Humans are allowed to get much closer to the animals than I have seen at other zoos. The giraffe exhibit is amazing. For $1 you get four crackers that you can hand-feed to the giraffes. As you walk along [...]

Maria

zac | February 23, 2006

Hi.
Imagine a little girl in a crowded marketplace. At first glance, she is a regular looking girl. She is the kind of girl that you casually see and then turn away, but something about her calls out to you. You turn back to gaze at her, but she is gone. She is lost in the [...]

Waodani

zac | February 16, 2006

Good morning!
There is a movie out in theaters called “End of the Spear.” If you have not seen it, I recommend you do. It is about the Waodani, an Indian tribe in the rainforests of Ecuador. This violent tribe murdered five missionary men in 1956.
Imagine being the sister of one of these missionaries. What feelings [...]

2006 Winter Olympics

zac | February 9, 2006

Hello everyone. Greetings from the Rockies!
I know it has been a balmy 75 or 80 degrees for those of you in LA the past few days. It has been “warm” here, too. We’ve had high 50’s. But tomorrow we should have some snow! And it should look a little more like winter.
It will be much [...]