I grew up in the African bush between the Munyati and Sebakwe rivers, hunting, fishing, collecting butterflies, and birds eggs with the African kids on my parent’s huge farms.
The most formative times of my early life were a year in the South African infantry and five years in the Israeli tank corps. In between I gained a degree in biology which I never used, instead writing software which eventually brought me to the United States.
Always interested in beautiful things, birds, butterflies, song, sculpture, words, women; I’m a Jack of all trades, master of some.
~David

I grew up in the African bush between the Munyati and Sebakwe rivers, hunting, fishing, collecting butterflies, and birds eggs with the African kids on my parent’s huge farms.
The most formative times of my early life were a year in the South African infantry and five years in the Israeli tank corps. In between I gained a degree in biology which I never used, instead writing software which eventually brought me to the United States.
Always interested in beautiful things, birds, butterflies, song, sculpture, words, women; I’m a Jack of all trades, master of some.
~David
Chapter 3 At the Heart of Africa
David Maritz2026-10-14T02:37:25+00:00October 14th, 2026|
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