Sonya Zalubowski
Sonya Zalubowski is a journalist whose work took her all over the globe. Her specialty was Eastern Europe. As a correspondent first for the Miami Herald and later the Chicago Sun-Times Field news service and Seattle Post-Intelligencer, she had a front seat at history. Sonya's reporting covered the spectrum, from the rise of Solidarity in Poland to the fall of the Berlin Wall.
After returning to the Pacific Northwest and family, she worked for Newsweek magazine and The Oregonian newspaper. She has studied fiction writing with author Tom Spanbauer's Dangerous Writers and has published several short stories, including in the Alimentum food journal, VoiceCatcher and BellaOnline.
Sonya's latest direction is a return to travel and travel writing and her blog can be read at seniortravelswithsaz.blogspot.com
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By Sonya Zalubowski*. The red dust of Tanzania's iron-rich soil still clings to my athletic shoes. I've been loathe to clean them, wanting in this small fashion ...
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Restoring Youth: To Reach Back and Touch the Girls We Had Once Been
Sonya Zalubowski writes: I had forgotten how we were back then so long ago. We were a pack. And now we were once again. For one fall weekend, in the same place where all our hopes and dreams were hatched nearly a lifetime ago. So much we shared. So great to touch upon it all again. This sense of gratitude for all we had once and still have. more »
On Tanzanian Safari: The Guides' Big Five Wildlife Lessons
Sonya Zalubowski writes: We saw all of the 'Big Five' on our safari. I never knew exactly what they were and what the term meant, 'the five most dangerous animals to hunt on foot in Africa'. They include the Cape buffalo, the elephant, the leopard, the lion and the now rare black rhino, hunted for its horn, prized in Asia as a medicine. The Maasai tribe and the wild animals and yes, we, the tourists, manage to continue in all of our ways, though there is controversy over how long this can go on as human population grows and further encroaches on the wild animals of Africa. more »
