“Salad days” – definition: a Shakespearean idiomatic expression to refer to a youthful time, accompanied by the enthusiasm, idealism or innocence that one associates with a young person. A more modern use, especially in the United States, refers to a heyday, a period when somebody was at the peak of their…
“Many are the strange chances of the world,” said Mithrandir in J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Silmarillion. Strange chances… those unexpected moments that make the earth feel shaky underfoot, as your body and mind try to readjust to what lies before them. In wild spaces like the banks of our Zambezi you live with this feeling, the…
Some of us don’t need to be reminded to slow down, to take it easy… some of us have procrastination and idleness down to a T. Cats, for instance. They are connoisseurs of this trait. It’s something they practice daily, along with the art of staring out of windows – an…
”We need a witness to our lives. There’s a billion people on the planet, what does any one life really mean? But in a marriage, you’re promising to care about everything. The good things, the bad things, the terrible things, the mundane things, all of it, all of the time,…
“Hobbies are for pleasure, but rituals keep you going.” ― David Mitchell The annual Parrotfish Run on the Zambezi is about more than fishing. Taking place between June and August, it is more than a hobby for those who take part – that is, the local fishermen living on the banks of this…
ubuntu – ʊˈbʊntʊ/ noun SOUTH AFRICAN – a quality that includes the essential human virtues; compassion and humanity. Of all the things we get to do during our downtime at the lodge – tiger-fishing at sunset, visiting with Edith and the Mothers of Mushekwa, nothing at all… – perhaps our favourite is joining in on a…
