Saturday, July 11, 2020

June 29

It is nine months since I started this blog.  I do get behind sometimes and I did miss a week or so in February, but otherwise, I have generally kept up with a daily entry.

It began as a commentary on trying to run a b&b in Bulawayo in the current economic crisis whilst also making mention of some of the guests we have had stay.  The idea is not of make fun of people or to tear them apart, but rather to show some of our funnier moments as well as some of the more intriguing, frustrating and sad ones.

Unfortunately, I chose the wrong year to do this as we haven't had guests since March.  We had a young man stay for about five weeks, but he has now moved on and the cottage is once again empty.

I don't like commenting too much on politics, mainly because it dominates our lives in so many ways, I didn't want to make it the focus here, too.  Life in Zimbabwe is very hard and there is a tendency to just focus on the negative, the daily struggles that we all contend with. However, I don't feel many people want to read about that all the time and, anyway, there are other writers who have those sorts of blogs.  

I try to find the humorous side of life.  Sometimes it is not always laugh out loud funny and often there is humour in sadness.  Over the past couple of months, I have found myself writing more and more about myself  and my observations on life.  This was not what the blog was intended for, but if I was just writing about the b&b, I would have had to have stopped ages ago.

A big thank you to everyone who reads the blog, who comments or shares it.  I have really enjoyed writing it and hope it will return to a b&b blog soon.




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