findingthemojo no 427

Hello

• "the world is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper" - Bertrand Russell, quoted in The Sunday Telegraph

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• "friendship is born at the moment one person says to another: "What? You too? I thought I was the only one" - CS Lewis, quoted in USA Today

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cheers and have a wonderful weekend
jp

findingthemojo no 426

Greetings and suggestions for your weekend ahead

• well, the boomslang @ Kirstenbosch is finally open to the public.  If you haven't experienced it yet, this is the weekend - just go!  The usual entrance rates apply

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• winter specials are back in a big way, try somewhere new for a change, at the V& A Waterfront maybe? or here is the bigger picture, should you be traveling

image: Catharina's, Steenberg

cheers
jp

findingthemojo no 425

Morning - some wise words for your weekend

• "I am somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in the cotton fields and sweatshops" - Stephen Jay

Mandingo Slave Traders and Coffle, Senegal, 1780's image: slaverysite.com

•  "This is my simple religion.  There is no need for temples; no need for complicated philosophy.  Our own brain, our own heart is our temple: the philosophy is kindness" - Dalai Lama

image: the12stepbuddhist.com

cheers and lekker naweek
jp

findingthemojo no 424

Greetings, yes we are still here, sorry!  So, what's up with your weekend?

• top of the list must be the Franschhoek Literary Festival which starts on Friday at 10:00, check out the full programme and just go! - always so inspiring!

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•  get to the Savour Restaurant at the African Pride 15 on Orange Hotel for the Wade Bales Wine & Malt Whiskey Affair 2014.  Starting at 6 - 9pm, a R180 ticket (from computicket.com) gets you unlimited tastings of the 100 wines and 50 whiskeys - enjoy and take a taxi home, please

cheers
jp

findingthemojo no 423

Hi there - as we venture into Winter in the most warm and gentle way this year, here in CT; we have a National Election Day on Wednesday 7 May - a reminder to do the right thing

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image: Dr Jack & Curtis

cheers and lekker naweek
jp

findingthemojo no 422

Hello - so many public holidays and so little time, therefore plan ahead for

• don't miss Pechakucha at 7pm, next Tuesday 6 May (voting day the next day), always informative and a great, friendly vibe

• this weekend, there are two fab festivals taking place, both within an easy drive from CT:  the Riebeeck Valley Olive Festival and in the other direction, the Elgin Cool Wine and Country Festival - just get in that car/taxi and go! Loads of delicious food and wine and fun!

cheers
jp