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An Engagement. Life Goes On and A Trip to a Saharan Irrigation Scheme in Tunisia.
Our son Selby and his partner of some seven years arrived on Sunday afternoon and no sooner had we arrived home from collecting them from...
Mar 29, 20248 min read
Garden Tasks. Tractor Nostalgia and International Federation of Agricultural Producers (IFAP), Tunisia.
Another week's gone by; I just do not know where time goes. It seems that doing little or nothing has increased the speed of time rather...
Mar 22, 20247 min read
Medical Update. Early Land Challenges. ZIMACE is Born.
Medical Update. Last week, like the previous week, I said I would give a medical update, but I am afraid there is not much to tell. I had...
Mar 15, 20246 min read
The Onslaught On European Farmers. State of Play on Land in Zimbabwe 1993 and A Meeting with Mugabe.
The Onslaught On European Farmers. I said I would update you on my health this week, but I lied. This is because my appointment with the...
Mar 8, 20248 min read
The Deadly Internet. My Namibian Odyssey Continued.
The Deadly Internet. I will not discuss my medical for the second week in this blog. It is nice to be able to do that, although next...
Mar 1, 20246 min read
The Unknown Secrets of Madeira Bananas. Dr Jerry’s Eventful Trip to Namibia and SACU Farmers Unions Meet.
The Unknown Secrets of Madeira Bananas. Rozanne and I, for the first five years of living in Portugal, often wondered why bananas...
Feb 23, 20247 min read
Not Great Health News. The Macabre ‘I Wish’ SpreadSheet. The True Nature of the Land Issue.
Not Great Health News. Before I posted last week's Blog, I had a medical review with my stomach oncologist. The surgeon who removed the...
Feb 16, 20248 min read
Comments and Criticism Welcome. Grand Lies and The Seismic Change to Agricultural Marketing in Zimbabwe.
Comments and Criticism Welcome. I have a small following of readers who regularly pass comments on my blog. Some openly sympathise with...
Feb 9, 20248 min read
A Musical Evening. No Restitution Wanted by Me. Transparent Southern Africa Commercial Framers Alliance(SACFA)
A Musical Evening. When I was at the local government clinic, Centro de Saúde, having the twenty-seven staples removed from my stomach...
Feb 2, 20246 min read
An Unexpected Medical Challenge. The Passing of Two Highly Respected Zimbabwean Farmers.
An Unexpected Medical Challenge. “At New Year, I said I would be girding my loins for the year ahead in my battle with cancer. Suddenly,...
Jan 26, 20249 min read
Peter’s Latest Adventure.
Back at Coimbra University Hospital once more, Peter's grappling with a bout of appendicitis this time around. It all started this past...
Jan 19, 20241 min read
Is It a Judas Goat? Some Thoughts on Wilding. Early 1993.
Is It a Judas Goat? I have had a number of requests in relation to my thoughts on PROFCA and the Farm Compensation Agreement (FCA). It...
Jan 12, 20249 min read
No Resolutions and Nazaré. My Farming Routine and the Confusing Unseen Farmers Compensation Agreement (FCA).
Many years ago, I decided to remove some of the recurring annual stress I would burden myself with by making New Year's resolutions. Like...
Jan 5, 20246 min read
Reflections of Auld Lang Syne.
“In your youth, you look forward to the New Year with fearless enthusiasm; in middle age, no matter what, you hope the next year will be...
Dec 29, 20235 min read
Yet Another Year Gone By and Some Memories of December 1992.
“The end of the year is always a time for reflection on the year gone by. As we age we are more inclined to reflect on our whole life.”-...
Dec 22, 20236 min read
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