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Dancing with my Shadow; An Elephant in the Room and the Budula Festival…

When I am not at my Harare art studio, I live with my partner Clive Stockil, in the south East of Zimbabwe at Mahenye Village, adjacent to Gonarezhou National Park, (near Chilo Gorge Safari Lodge and Jamanda Community Wilderness Area) … Continue reading

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A self portrait at midnight in the garden of good and evil; malaria muti, lion love, hot chocolate, hope and reminiscence…

I took my last dose of malaria muti last night, a process, getting better but could not sleep, many thoughts and memories rolling inside my head: bittersweet lost times with old friends, some evil times… hopeful new times with old … Continue reading

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Gonarezhou Gatherings; Sensational Sunsets

June 2021 Gonarezhou How special to have you all, dear family and friends,  together in person and together “online”!!… in this wonderful place called Gonarezhou –  Sacred Place of Elephants… for a few days of surprise celebrations for Clives 70th … Continue reading

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Extinction is forever…..Russet Rhinos must survive!

Extinction is forever. It will be a sad day if ever we can not see these wonderful creatures called ‘Rhinos’ in the wild…..   Here at Senuko Ranch in the Save Valley Conservancy, and contiguous with the Greater Limpopo Transfrontier … Continue reading

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The burning of 214 Brooke Drive, and a ‘Woman at the Top’…….

The burning of 214 Brooke Drive: Late on Sunday afternoon, the Borrowdale Brooke Security Gate spotted smoke rising, and dashed to our house… Bruce Douglas and Murray, Helen and Mike Lynton Edwards also spotted the smoke rising from our roof, … Continue reading

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Lions and Jack Russells, Barn owls and Red winged starlings….

Lions have been calling near and far all night, as they have been ever since we returned to our bush house two days ago. Day before yesterday they shouted all day as well as all night…must have killed something. One … Continue reading

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Swimming in mud brown water….

10th December: We get to bed after 11 pm tonight, so much to talk about after Clive’s weary return from the meeting at Hakamela… The little girls came to Tsavene this afternoon and Jade swam for hours in the beige-brown … Continue reading

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