I am busy preparing to take a Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC) course, offered by Tom and Zaia Kendall of PermEco in Australia. It’s an online course, and even though their courses and other activities are donation-based, I have still paid what I would have paid to take the same course here in South Africa. To…
A reaction to an anti-vax post… not as viciously as I would have liked
This picture was posted on Facebook, and is considered to clearly endorse the anti-vaccine agenda, judging by how it is received by people and the comments that were made. I agree with the sentiments of the original writer, but I am also going to differ radically. Let’s start… What if having a vaccine passport meant…
But what if it works? Using a vlog for generating income from homesteading
Contrary to what I first thought, growing and selling food is not going to cut it in terms of bringing in money. Sure, it means that I won’t starve, but people don’t buy handcrafted farm-made goods anymore. That will be purely for my own enjoyment. And yes, I plan to enjoy it thoroughly! We live…
The Mission Goal Has Moved – Once Again!
After feeling extremely sorry for myself for all of 20 minutes, I started weighing my options: pros and cons of staying versus leaving and the different countries that make sense to me. I wrote earlier about the rudeness of some government employees. That specific country (which I won’t mention here or ever again!) has been…
Brick walls and severely lacking Parkour skills
Time for an update, methinks. I have come to the realization that all of the house restoration and backyard farming videos and blogs that I have been following were made by people coming from G8 countries. Maybe they weren’t rich themselves, but their backgrounds gave them access that I – coming from a country in…
Singhiozzo Italiano (Italian Hiccups)
EDIT: I was wrong – buying a property would make the application process easier, but it has to be a habitable property, and I suspect to a certain value, as well. So buying a €6500 fixer-upper won’t pass muster. Back to the drawing board…
What I did in July 2021…!
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Where It Started
Like many life adventures, this one was born from frustration. I felt caged in and desperately needed to escape. Make no mistake, South Africa is a beautiful country, and my roots here go deep, but it also has: Unnaturally high levels of violent crime Extremely corrupt politicians Failing infrastructure Bankrupt Utility Services and Municipalities Bias…
Bullet Journaling, the best way ever to keep track of scattered thoughts!
I found a thing. It’s big. And scary. And really, really effective. And – like all things that are big, scary, and really, really effective – it’s deceptively simple to implement. The thing is called BULLET JOURNALING! I can’t really describe it – it’s not quite a To-Do list, nor is it an appointment diary,…
Cutting the Italian Elephant into Bite-Sized Portions
With the “Botswana Idea” now well and truly in the circular file, I have decided to revisit my original plan to take my dream to Italy. It’s still a massive elephant, in many respects. Imagine discovering that your dream house has half its back wall and a big chunk of its roof missing! To…