Category: Making a Home
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Why falling in love under the Platteland stars is like loadshedding
Finding your soulmate in the mountains is like kindling a flame in the dark.
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The beauty, joy, and pain of rain in the Platteland
It isn’t easy to weather life in the country, where you look to the skies in hope.
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The unexpected joys of taking a short left during lockdown
“Why more and more South Africans have been falling in love with the country.”
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The fine, hard art of falling off horses & bikes
The secret of life is getting back in the saddle when you fall.
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My big fat country guesthouse building disaster
Never ignore the advice of the locals when you’re planning a big renovation.
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Why love is like a sweet & bubbly glass of kombucha
Love changes us, and in turn, over the years, love changes too.
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How Luke’s lockdown lunches taught me the Language of Love
Some food for thought on the way love speaks to us.
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How I made my country guesthouse dream come true
On an old farm, far from the big city, a life of change begins anew.
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Could you raise your children in the Great Karoo?
Here’s what it takes to leave the Big City and join the Karoobewoners.