Category Archives: Postcards 2023

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Zimbabwe – it’s like watching the tide change

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By Southwark Bridge on the Thames in London

I have walked along the edge of the River Thames many times over the past few years, and am fascinated always by the turmoil on the surface of the water around the pillars of the bridges when the tides change. The rise and fall can be as much as 24 feet, and take hours of struggle between ebb and flow.

As Zimbabwe confronts the results of its latest election I think of the great currents ripping beneath that country’s surface, and know that only those there can properly feel or appreciate them. I hope that in this time of flux all that is good and true in Zimbabwe will stand firm in the great swirl of its political life.

Copyright Georgie Knaggs & The Phraser 2023

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Zimbabwe: results of the 2023 elections announced

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Well … it’s been announced.

Emmerson Mnangagwa will continue as President of Zimbabwe for another five years. Plenty to think about in the morning.

Copyright Georgie Knaggs & The Phraser 2023

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Here’s some slow motion excitement – an update on my tomatoes

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Heavy rain was forecast about a week ago, so I put on my biggest, most waterproofest hat and rushed this little prima donna/primo uomo indoors, and its lived there ever since.

It seems to me that it’s loving the indoor life, one of its ‘love apples’ going cheerful as Aperol almost instantly. The others still look a bit shy, but I’m hopeful.

Meanwhile it turned out that the day of heavy storms was not as bad as I thought it would be, at least not over us. So, perhaps my panic was a bit over primed, but maybe that’s what comes with being responsible for a star guest – in fact, this year, the only star guest on this blog, the only celebrity even. No idea who else would stand in … and we’ve got an interview scheduled for later in the year.

I’ll keep you posted.

Copyright Georgie Knaggs & The Phraser 2023