Not That One
On our first night, an ostrich truck got stuck against a tree. The answer seemed obvious: work around it. Months later, the answer was no longer so simple.
Notes
Notes
The Number of Zeros
In 2013, while walking across the farm and trying to work out the finances, I realised I needed another thousand rand—not ten. The pressure remained, but the solution had become infinitely easier.
The Number of Zeros Read Post »
Notes
Is that a sheep… in the house?
Before we owned the farm, we were already living pieces of the life we imagined: orphan lambs in the lounge, dogs who accepted everyone, and a tiny piglet who thought the bacon belonged to her.
Is that a sheep… in the house? Read Post »
Notes
A Lifetime’s Work
We arrived on the farm believing it was a project: assess the situation, make a plan, do the work. Fourteen years later, the land has taught me something different. Projects move towards completion. Living systems do not.
Notes
What Money Costs
We simply started paying attention to what money was costing — not the price, but the exchange.
Notes
How Little Do We Actually Need?
After abandoning one life and dismantling the next, we began asking a different question: how little did we actually need in order to build something good?
How Little Do We Actually Need? Read Post »
Notes
The Dismantling Phase
Some phases of life are not transitions. They are dismantling phases — where the old structure stops holding long before the new one exists.
The Dismantling Phase Read Post »
Notes
When Something Can Be Saved — But Shouldn’t Be
What happens when something still works — but no longer feels like yours? This essay explores the cost of staying too long, and the quiet moment where misfit becomes undeniable.
When Something Can Be Saved — But Shouldn’t Be Read Post »
Notes
When Everything Closes In
There are seasons where nothing breaks all at once.
It stops working.
The place changes. What you rely on disappears. And slowly, there’s nowhere left to step out of it.
When Everything Closes In Read Post »
Notes
The Pressure of Proximity
What looks like conflict often begins much earlier — in proximity. A reflection on how closeness reveals the unseen forces shaping how we think, relate, and understand each other.
The Pressure of Proximity Read Post »