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Confessions

Forgive me, it's been two months since my last confession... I no longer work and live in Hong Kong.   My kitchen window is no more.    I don't live high in the sky any more.   I don't have a view of the mountains any more.     I went to George for a month.   Sat on my deck, saw the mountains at close range.  Interacted with the wild life in my back yard:   peacocks, guinea fowls, weavers, forked-tail drongos, hadidas, doves, buzzards, dogs, cats, tortoises, and even a mysterious hedgehog.   I looked at the mountains.   I looked at the trees.  I made fires.   I cooked.   I drank wine.   I hung my washing on my own line, in sunshine. My son and my daughter visited. I went to Port Elizabeth to see my mom and reunite with my school friends of 40 years ago. Surreal! Inspirational! Old friendships were cemented, new ones established. I left PE for Pretoria to kick-start my new adventure to w...