The farm gates would tell the story of a young girl opening and closing each gate with warm tears rolling down dirty cheeks. She was off to boarding school, four hundred kilometers away, with her grandparents. The warm thoughts of love and belonging turned colder as each gate closed behind her. They would tell how […]
I did not choose when to be born, and I cannot change what is happening around me. All I know is that things are happening, and all I can control is what I do next. It does not matter that I have lived in better times, and it does not matter that the future is […]
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I was too young to remember the exact date or time. But I remember the scene like it happened yesterday – the scalding news burned into my memory forever. I t was a sweltering hot day. The heat clung to our bodies like sweet, sticky syrup. We sat in the faded dark blue Volkswagen Beetle […]
A first-class flight to Paris with a glass of champagne? Or a road trip in a 4 x 4 with a coffee flask and roadside picnics? A Louis Vuitton luggage set in fine leather or a canvas backpack scuffed with memories of previous trips? Is luxury encapsulated in the 57 facets of the diamonds glittering […]
O ur aim is to find and visit as many wine farms as possible. But there are prerequisites: good food, good wine and most of all: accessible with a flat car. It is important to note that we are not foodies. We are also not wine connoisseurs. We just love the bounty nature presents us […]
S urely "living well" means being at peace with myself, being who I am, and knowing what I have, is enough? Living well should be about savoring all moments and experiences in life. Living well should be about sunsets, good books, and hearty laughs. Living well should be about small gifts and smiles. Living well […]
O ur F1 fates were sealed a year ago. We typically plan our holidays a year in advance, usually during a stroll on the last holiday of the year or on the odd weekend off. This idea is not random – conceived on a walk taken to plan the future. It was not difficult to […]
M y grandfather would leave the farmhouse quite early, while it was still dark, to tend to the animals on the farm. About midmorning, my grandmother would send me with a full coffee flask to the kraal where my granddad was working. To me, this road felt very, very long. At age three, everything seems […]
“In my experience, effective communication solves problems, and poor communication creates problems.” Winning is Not Enough, Sir Jackie Stewart I believe communication is the key to success in every business relationship. In his autobiography, Sir Jackie Stewart says that we can do it. We can learn how to communicate – if we just take a […]