The Restory Retreat Centre

Foto deur Matilda Angus Elke ses weke meld 25 vroue uit die omliggende omgewing op die veeplaas aan om Yvonne se 500 ganse te pluk. Hulle kom gewapen met ‘n skaapvelletjie wat op die koue sement oopgesprei word en waarop hulle dan langbeen teen die muur in die klipskuur sit . Die plukmondering  bestaan verder uit óf n dik gestoffeerde baadjie óf ‘n goingsak wat om die linkerbo-arm vasgebind is. Dis onder hierdie arm wat die gans se kop en nek ingewig word met die plukkery en waar hulle lelik geknyp kan word. Sy kom al ‘n lang pad met hierdie span en elkeen van hulle is vir haar belangrik. Hulle is geleer hoe om die ganse te hanteer en net genoeg vere te pluk na gelang van die seisoen. Maar soos in alle werksplekke, is arbeidsverhoudinge nie altyd maklik nie. Dit help dat sy self iZizulu vlot kan praat, maar wat haar eintlik en veral pla en waarvoor sy nie raad het nie, is dat die ganse nie met respek hanteer word nie. Dis asof hulle nie bewus is daarvan dat dit ‘n lewe...

Jasper, the Border Collie, at the river Photograph by George Angus You are the giver of all good things. All good things are sent from heaven above, rain and sun, day and night, justice and righteousness, bread to the eater and seed to the sower, peace to the old, energy to the young, joy to the babes. We are takers, who take from you, day by day, daily bread, taking all we need as you supply, taking in gratitude and wonder and joy. And then taking more, taking more than we need, taking more than you give us, taking from our sisters and brothers, taking from the poor and the weak, taking because we are frightened, and so greedy, taking because we are anxious, and so fearful, taking because we are driven, and so uncaring. Give us peace beyond our fear, and so end our greed. Give us well-being beyond our anxiety, and so end our fear. Give us abundance beyond our drivenness, and so end our uncaring. Turn our taking into giving … since we are in your giving image: Make us giving like y...