The Restory Retreat Centre

Photograph by George Angus  Sunday morning past m y dad drove with me as I went to pick up the keys of our new home on the farm near Wakkerstroom. On our way back to the cottage where we stayed for the weekend, closer to town, we came across this fellow. He was having a late morning nap on the warm dirt road just where you cross the Thaka River. He didn’t even bother to get up when we had to pass very close by. If I’m not mistaken he was saying: “Welcome to Wakkerstroom.” Or maybe: "Ignore me folks. I'm just your local guide to Ithaka." (See the post Is this our next adventure on the way to Ithaka? ) George 

Collage of photos of a weekend near  Groenvlei, Wakkerstroom As you set out for Ithaka* hope the voyage is a long one, full of adventure, full of discovery. Laistrygonians and Cyclops, angry Poseidon—don’t be afraid of them: you’ll never find things like that on your way as long as you keep your thoughts raised high, as long as a rare excitement stirs your spirit and your body. Laistrygonians and Cyclops, wild Poseidon—you won’t encounter them unless you bring them along inside your soul, unless your soul sets them up in front of you. Hope the voyage is a long one. May there be many a summer morning when, with what pleasure, what joy, you come into harbors seen for the first time; may you stop at Phoenician trading stations to buy fine things, mother of pearl and coral, amber and ebony, sensual perfume of every kind— as many sensual perfumes as you can; and may you visit many Egyptian cities to gather stores of knowledge from their scholars. Keep It...