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 Have you ever heard of a black mamba? I mean, besides the black lady that gets killed by Uma Thurman at the beginning of Kill Bill.Yeah. Thaaaat black mamba. The [arguably] deadliest snake in the world?Well, it’s plentiful on this farm.I first heard this fact from little Christoph on my first day on the farm, […]     I’ve spoken a few times about my neighbor, Lance. I wanted to dedicate an entire blog entry to him because he has told me so many stories about life in Zimbabwe. It’s really been quite a truthful, shocking gaze into the life of a white Zimbabwean farmer. I held off writing until now because I […] While many people spend Sundays “finding themselves”, I have spent the last two getting massively lost.On the whole, I had a lovely weekend. Yesterday morning, I went into Harare and had a relatively productive (keyword: relatively) shopping spree. Last night I was invited over to the neighbors’ house for pizza and cards. They are a […]
I’ve always hated mushrooms. Anyone who knows me knows this. I know this is strange, considering I’m a vegetarian and that mushrooms are the meat of the veggie world, yadda yadda yadda. I’ve tried to like them, really I have. But…I…just…hate…them!I’m eating them as I write this blog. AND, I ate them for breakfast this […] I’m finding it staggeringly difficult to start exploring Zimbabwean culture. I mean, I’m learning a lot about certain aspects of the culture, primarily from the lenses of the white, upper-class farmers. But what about the “african” Zimbabweans? The black people? They make up the vast majority of the population on this farm, yet I have […]
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Suzanne & Terry - Wear your hiking boots; if you don’t have any, next time you’re in Cape Town or Johannesburg, go to Cape Union Mart…great sturdy proper hiking gear. It’s like MEC only better.
Carry the torch, make lots of noise, keep the clutter (leaves, etc) around the house, well cleared away.
hugs
Suzanne