The national matric exams for all grade 12 learners in South Africa starts today. Dane, Matilda's youngest son, is one of the more than 600 000 young people who are entering this last phase of their basic school education. At one stage during my matric year we wrote a shocker of a chemistry paper. A friend of mine said afterwards: "This has been such a difficult paper that I'm glad I didn't study for it." May this year's matrics have only papers worth the study.Good luck guys! And to all the parents: hang in there. George
The Restory is a Retreat Centre nestled against Tafelkop, a singular mountain head near Wakkerstroom, South Africa. Here we live a simple life as contemplatives. It is a place of re-connection: with ourselves, people, Nature, Silence and Creativity. Our retreats are aimed at this. Our conversations, writing and art centre around the univocity of life. We need a place that reminds us that we are all one. The Restory hopes to be such a place and space.