Painting by Ena Lund Me and the hares again. (See the post Two hares. And more ) Roxy the Labrador killed a young one yesterday morning. By some strange coincidence at almost the exact moment men from the informal settlement in the area hunted with their dogs in the long grass bordering our farm. I heard the excitement when the dogs found the hare, saw the chase in the distance, how it was eventually killed by a blow of a stick. I shouted at them, waved my arms. They merely moved further away. People may call me weak, but it all disturbs me deeply. I feel sick to my stomach. Tonight I found Walter de la Mare’s poem, the one I was remembering in fragments during the day. Hi! Hi! Handsome hunting man, Fire your little gun, Bang! Now the animal Is dead and dumb and done. Never more to peep again, creep again, leap again, Eat or sleep or drink again, oh, what fun! Yes.... 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.