I started planning to write something different and ended up on “Market Lessons”. But even when I read it, it sounds more like life lessons to me.
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Letters From the Lowveld 14
New Year and new emotions in Kampersrus We have done it. We have reached Year 2 in Kampersrus. It has been fascinating looking back on this time last year. Observing myself with a bit of objectivity and distance. Back to school last year was stressful beyond what I was prepared to admit. I fought back…
Letters from the Lowveld 12
And so it comes to an end. Our first year in the Lowveld. At times it has felt like being in a tumble drier, and not because of the heat!
Letter from the Lowveld 10 – Slow White and the Boerewors Curtain
We may have moved to the Slowveld, but let me tell you, stuff has been HAPPENING. I met my new neighbour the other day. It was 7pm, and she was on her haunches, holding the non-pointy end of a python that was stuck in her fence. She seems nice (the neighbour, not the python). She…
Letters from the Lowveld 6.
Keeping nature out. I love nature better than most. I am comfortable with bugs. Moths – no problem. Spiders are ok if they don’t startle me and are reasonably small. I do hate mosquitoes, but only because they love me. But there is a limit. I recently I became distressed, though not surprised to find…
Letters from the Lowveld 4
Buying a hamster in the Lowveld. Shortly after arriving in the Lowveld, both our boys’ birthdays were looming. Ben was quite satisfied to receive Transformers. However, I started to become aware that Charlie & Andrew had been in negotiations around a hamster. Apparently, an agreement had even been reached. Now you may remember that pets…
Letters from the Lowveld 3
After Lauren’s letter two weeks ago I have realised I am not the funny one in the relationship, you’ll have to wait for her to write again (we will alternate and have agreed that roughly every two weeks one of us will produce the next “Letter”) to get the laugh. I’m going to be more…
Letters from the Lowveld 2
Andrew’s letter described the bigger picture themes around our move. ‘Cos he is the big picture guy, while I’m the detail person in the partnership. So here are the gory details (you might want a cuppa tea for this one)… We were a magnificent sight, Booth’s Travelling Circus at its finest! Charlie & I travelled…
Letters from the Lowveld 1
“Tomorrow will be exactly two months since we packed our belongings into 2 trailers and 3 cars and left the green and wet hills of KZN for the mountainside town of Kampersrus overlooking the Lowveld around Hoedspruit. We could already write essays about the experiences we have had, some fun and adventurous, others not so…