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In this podcast, I compare my earliest days as a Type One, back in 1968 – 1970, to parts of a recent trip to South Africa that were eerily similar to those early days.  I review  some early thoughts when I prepared for my trip.  I also talk about certain  anxieties, and how they were grounded in actual experiences from prior vacations over my 56 years as a Type 1.  I also review important personal health metrics that set the stage for changes that followed during and after my travel.  This time, I was traveling to one of the most southern parts of the planet, to a region where diabetes is an equal, if not greater public health issue, than here in the US.  And, I would be on safari, where any number of things could have “gone south”.  On many occasions, I was within a “stone’s throw away” from the Big 5, just to add even more drama to the experience.  There were surprises before during and after the trip.  Tune in for more details about my travels “Into and Out of Africa”.  Also, be sure to listen in on the Premiere of Mark Short and the local Makhanda Orchestra’s “Seven Generations” at the Makhanda Festival in 2022, the year before my trip.  GREAT STUFF for jazz buffs with a little South African twist! Let me know any comments you have about my “early days”, and of course, your own.  

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