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via It’s not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves — Books by craig lock: “Explore, Dream, Discover”
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“Climb those mountains, keep chasing your dreams and then one sunny day catch hold of them, but don’t forget to stop, rest a while…and admire the view along the way, seeing how far you’ve already come from the higher slopes of life’s long (and at times very rocky, difficult) journey.”
Epic journey of hope
In 2010 – before the conflicts the Arab Spring brought, before refugee bodies washed up on Mediterranean beaches and long before an American reality TV star became US President and demanded to “build a wall” – two men sat in a car in a shanty town in South Africa and talked about a child forced to flee a “failed state”.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=12207529
and
http://www.facebook.com/journowriter
Also see
http://i-photojournalist.blogspot.com/2015/11/blikkiesdorp-tin-can-town.html
picture from
https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&ei=j7_YXMGuNcPhz7sPg46GuAc&q=blikkiesdorp+cape+town&oq=blikkiesdorp+cape+town&gs_l=psy-ab.12..0i7i30j0.8345.20322..24014…1.0..1.1277.5534.2-6j2j1j1j1j1……0….1..gws-wiz…….35i39j0i67j0i20i263j0i30j35i304i39j0i13j0i13i30.6RNukmshB7Q
Twenty-eight up: A fascinating insight into lives forged in the emerging New South Africa
The documentary 28UP South Africa, a series in which six children (now adults) were filmed every seven years since 1992. It shows the country’s transformation as well as the children’s, giving insight into life in a country that has gone through momentous change.
Part One
Part Three
see https://www.thesouthafrican.com/28up-south-africa-on-itv/
and
https://www.independent.co.uk › Culture › TV & Radio › Reviews
from
https://www.google.com/search?q=twenty+eight+up+south+africa&rlz=1C1CHBD_enNZ767NZ767&oq=twenty+eight+up+south+africa&aqs=chrome..69i57.21142j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
http://www.facebook.com/craig.lock.31
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https://www.facebook.com/journowriter
Also see http://www.inspiringvideo.wordpress.com
picture (below) from http://www.southafricathebelovedcountry.wordpress.com
“Explore, dream, discover”
from http://www.craiglockbooks.wordpress.com
John’s Books: John Newton Photography
Originally posted on JOHN’S PIX: Pictures (great) by my old friend John (“Jet”): pic (great) from http://www.facebook.com/fotoshop66 http://www.jetpix.wordpress.com and http://www.mydreamworks.com John’s Books https://www.amazon.com/s?k=john+newton+photography+craig+lock&ref=nb_sb_noss and https://www.kobo.com/nz/en/search?query=john+newton+photography All proceeds go to the elderly, needy, infirm and mentally challenged – ME! “When the writer is no more, the value of your purchase will soar” following…
via John’s Books: John Newton Photography — Dreamworks
and
https://craigsbooks.wordpress.com/2019/05/01/johns-pictures-great-from-my-usb-no-11/
Pic (great) below from
http://www.craigsbooks.wordpress.com
John’s pictures (great -from my usb no 11)
just practising with google drive
“Taken from the portfolio of an unappreciated , unsung genius photographer: Whose constantly brilliant world class works go unheralded , unnoticed , for far too long…”
Click on
https://drive.google.com/open?id=17KLl53DzRSW7L25Z7_oy58-UQ7NbPnzc
and
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1TiwkB5w4rIVEJ5N9o3qg6wg_Og6QmHc1
Pictures (great) by my old friend John (“the world’s third worst photographer”, so he calls himself), but whose photographic talents I definitely do NOT possess)!
from
https://www.facebook.com/fotoshop66
You may also like https://jetpix.wordpress.com/
Also see
http://www.capetownmypictures.wordpress.com
https://capetownphotopictures.wordpress.com/
http://www.sawriter.wordpress.com
http://www.mandelamadiba.wordpress.com
http://www.onetaleoftwocities.wordpress.com
and
http://www.lifeisgodsnovel.wordpress.com
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The windmills of my mind (today)
When I was quite young I was a little baffled when my Dad said, “ Just look at those mountains, are they not just too beautiful ? “
Really ? They are just mountains, was my silent reaction.
Now so many years later, Mountains in the early morning light, or the gentle hues of evening, a Forrest at any time of the day, the unheralded consummate beauty of insects, birds, animals of any description, the sea, ever restless majestic and powerful, hold me spellbound , humble and grateful.
My wealth lies in my mind, a kaleidoscope of images, scents , nuances and feelings, the salty sea on my skin, the memory of a fragrance, a loved one, no longer there, my special, oh so special furry four footed loves, gone to a playground in the sky, perhaps.
No money in this World can buy the gentle touch of the…
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