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Not now, just now
This story follows my current fight with cancer, highlighting my philosophical view on life, and my many experiences working in the African agricultural industry - from Benin to Mozambique.
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Recuperation. Progressive, My Foot. Confusion and Disillusionment.
A break in the rain early this week, but it is back with 50mm a days now a daily event By the time I post this, it will be two weeks since my surgery, and I am still feeling uncomfortable due to the pain caused when I sit down. Now and again, I think, let me stop the paracetamol, and within twenty-four hours, I am reaching for it again. The discomfort arises when I try to sit; lying down immediately relieves me of all pain, and it is significantly reduced by standing up. Howe
48m9 min read


Sore Arse, My Designated Stages of Life and Zambia Preparations.
The house Diane and I built on the farm way back in 1980 was taken over in 2002 by Mugabe's nephew Well, by the time I post this, I will have been home a week and will have had my catheter removed, an event scheduled on Thursday when my surgeon will also try to ascertain how successful the operation was. I cannot expect a hundred per cent success, but even a fifty per cent improvement, I will deem a massive success. The device put in place is called an Adjustable TransObturat
Nov 77 min read


How Time Flies, Algarve and Country Selection to Resettle Displaced Farmers.
Clear blue skies following 90mm of rain this week. Much more forecast to come this week but no clue of it in the sky. I did not mention it, but last week I got lost in the hospital for a while. The procedure to reset my heart does not take place at the Central University Hospital of Coimbra (CHUC) , but at Covões hospital, housed in an old building dating back to 1935 with a modern interior, which makes it look more like a maze than a modern medical centre. It had been a sana
Oct 317 min read
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