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Ring barked
Elephants love stripping the bark from trees to get to the nutrient rich moist layers beneath the bark. However, trees are clever so they...
The dry river
Stark, dry, lifeless. Skeletal trees thrust claw-like branches heavenwards. It’s Deadvlei, in the Namib desert. These silent sentinels are all that remain of what [...
God’s shield
Employees at Starbucks are taught to use their apron as a shield. What does this mean? When customers are complaining or hurling insults, employees...
The Grace teacher
God’s Word is living and like anything living it changes revealing new things to us all the time. Today I experienced this reading Titus [...
Trusting to fall
I was standing on the balcony of an apartment with with my Grampy. “It’s funny how man trusts man,” he said as he pointed [&hel...
Rocky paths
As we make the steep descent down into the Fish River canyon we are faced with trying to find a path. One path has...
Lighted path
We are camping in our roof top tent on the rim of the Fish River canyon. Meters away a sheer cliff plunges down to...
Less is more
More is less. We are relatively new to off-the-grid, in-the-wilds-of-Africa camping. So when we planned a three week trip with our rooftop tent, we...
Peaceful shoes
Pain. We are camping in the wilds, and I have just realized after taking my shoes off at the shower that I’ve left the [...
Two eggs
A professor stands in front of his class, holding two eggs. “What’s the difference?” he asks. “Nothing,” the class replies. “One has a chick […]...
Bright eyes
Sometimes you meet someone whose eyes sparkle with life. There’s something you can’t put your finger on. There’s a joy, a peace, a love [&hel...