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Anam Ċara Connection
So many of my blog posts this year have been me-focused. My year of adventure. My dream of Pure Spaces evolving from passion project into purposeful career being realised. It is true to say that, for this phase of my life at any rate, I am a walking example that my...
Community and Conservation
All set to write my first blog post for 2023 with a focus on two years of Pure Spaces. Grateful about what has eventuated in the past year for me in this space and excited about setting intention for the year ahead. Then earlier this week 25 elephants were...
15 Years Later
Woop woop… woop woop…. There’s an African Hoopoe calling from a nearby tree this morning . A Southern Masked Weaver is finding grass to weave his nest as spring sets in properly here in the Southern Hemisphere. There’s also a Bokmakierie, Cape Robin-Chat and a...
The Wise Meet the Wise
About a month ago, I was privileged to attend the Elephants Alive Nlopfu Gogos Program Exhibition. This is a little reflection I wrote from the day. Posting today as it is Heritage Day here in Mzansi South Africa and it seemed appropriate. A very big thank you goes to...
Coexistence
18 July is Mandela Day. The theme for 2022 goes around food security and climate change. The tagline - do what you can, with what you have, where you are. I have been a bit quiet on the blog after posting up a storm during my magical month of May on the Rise of the...
ROTM 2022 – Limpopo Love
THE GREAT GREY GREEN GREASY LIMPOPO RIVER ALL SET ABOUT BY FEVER TREES. Rudyard Kipling Here we are. My final post for the Rise of the Matriarch expedition 2022. Our last stop on this epic adventure was Limpokwena. This is a private reserve on the banks of the Limpopo...