We are going to leave here Saturday morning and go to Victoria Falls, and then into Zimbabwe to a game park and river sunset cruise, returning Monday. It sounds wonderful. We are going with6 other people, Americans here at Macha.I have sent off 25 postcards, and have labels for more as soon as I can purchase them.I am living a dream here--I realised it this morning walking, near the Fires, that I have imagined this over and over for years.You would love the fresh bread here, and the quiet and the vastness of the sky, and the simplicity of life.
Meanwhile, I'm walking the mutt, going to work, coming home, and walking the mutt again. There are roses and crepe myrtles by the pool, and they have the same color petals. The Canada geese are flying north (yes, north--presumably half of them can't read a map and the other half won't stop and ask for directions). Silence except for a clock ticking and a cricket chirping, but every now and again there's the whistle of sharp wings slicing through air, and the rumble of fighter jet engines, and you know our guys are prowling overhead.
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Invariably, we tend to gain perspective on our own lives by seeing how others live. This is even more profound when the others live a simpler life.
Whereas there may be much to recommend such a life, I will also note that it has failed to produce stable government with integrity in much of Africa and we've seen some really horrific chapters there.
Maybe there are hidden virtues to our own society and lifestyle, complete with apparent complexities and challenges.
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