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HH Wins, Confusing Covid Test Results in Zimbabwe, My Sister's Wedding and The Importance of Title
HH Wins and Positive/Negative Test Results. Which? Big news, an old friend and an erstwhile business partner, Hakainde Hichilema, has...
Aug 20, 202110 min read


A Present-Day Arrival in Harare Along with My 1972 Arrival in Salisbury
Well, my apologies to you all for the lack of quotes last week. Last week was a nightmare getting the blog posted. As we were leaving for...
Aug 13, 20218 min read


Rethinking My Blog, Getting Ready for Departure to Africa and Farewell to Dave Baxter
I am going to try and dictate my blog this week as opposed to two finger typing. I've tried to dictate previously and failed miserably....
Aug 5, 20218 min read


House Sale, Blog Restructure, Coincidences Do Occur and Rob Shaw’s Podcast
“Your stuff does not own the home; either control your belongings, or they will control you. - Author: Janet Morris So many of my friends...
Jul 30, 20219 min read


New Age Confusion, Paddy’s Farm and the Jatropha
Each week I have to decide what I’m going to write about. My opening paragraph is normally spontaneous related to something that’s come...
Jul 23, 202113 min read


Old-Age, Sojourn to England, Consultancy Diversification
I am seventy-two this year, not old in many parts of the world, very old in others. In Africa seventy-two is old. In the world, the...
Jul 16, 202113 min read


Regenerative What? The End of the Fun, Not Quite. The Opportunity and the Importance of Land Titles
We have had a young agriculturist staying with us over the past weekend. In fact, we had a full house as Siobhan Franklin was still with...
Jul 9, 202113 min read


Wishing Life to Move Faster, Accusations of Vandalism and Turbulent Investment Times
I got myself hoping for the 1st of July to come around quickly as my phone was fast running out of data. How ridiculous is this? Either...
Jul 2, 202111 min read


Artificial Lawns, Highfield and the Battle for Survival in Zambia
As I drive through Portugal, in the summer, the country is generally brown and arid. Suddenly, I see ahead a splash of green lawn. I...
Jun 25, 202113 min read


Respect, Good News Medically, Doune and Start-up Hard Lessons
Respect Standing in the queue for blood samples to be taken, it struck me how orderly the queue was. The Portuguese by nature seem to be...
Jun 18, 202112 min read


"Correctness" Madness, More College Shenanigans, Tough Start-ups. Nothing Is Ever Easy In Farming.
As a teenager, imagine you write something on your electronic device, maybe not deemed bad at the time but will have a dire effect not...
Jun 11, 202111 min read


I Stand Corrected, History and Some Light at the End of the Funding Tunnel
On posting last week's blog a couple of readers correctly contradicted me by informing me they had returned to where they considered...
Jun 4, 202110 min read


Look Back, But Be Wary Moving Back
“I have always found it unrealistic for all those farmers over 55 years old, saying they would move back to their destroyed farms if...
May 28, 20219 min read


Environmental Partnerships, More On Bothy Living, Knocking on Doors
“A partnership is the formation of a group, as little as two, formal or informal, working for mutual benefit. Pieces of paper do not keep...
May 21, 202111 min read


Giving a Damn, Bothy Living and Fund Raising Experiences
"No act of kindness, however small, is ever wasted." - Aesop I was watching the “Sheep Game’” on YouTube this last Sunday where Cammy...
May 14, 202111 min read
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