I arrived in Arusha at one of my most favourite spots in Tanzania, http://www.ngare-sero-lodge.com/ just before new years, after a crazy road trip from Dar. I’ve been coming to Ngare Sero Mountain Lodge for for years. I first discovered Ngare Sero when I acted in a BBC 2 Series called “Taking the Flak”, about a group of BBC journalists in a war torn African country. I was “Alicia the Ghost” in episode 4. On our last shoot night, I remember the final request by the director “to be angry and have come-to-bed-eyes at the same time” – apparently I nailed it on the first take.
I arrived in Arusha at one of my most favourite spots in Tanzania, http://www.ngare-sero-lodge.com/ just before new years, after a crazy road trip from Dar. I’ve been coming to Ngare Sero Mountain Lodge for for years. I first discovered Ngare Sero when I acted in a BBC 2 Series called “Taking the Flak”, about a group of BBC journalists in a war torn African country. I was “Alicia the Ghost” in episode 4. On our last shoot night, I remember the final request by the director “to be angry and have come-to-bed-eyes at the same time” – apparently I nailed it on the first take.
Since
that time I have returned to Ngare Sero many times to be inspired, enjoy a
break from Dar es Salaam and bond with a few of my tribes people. It reminds me of The Wind and the Willows, one of my favourite childhood books. As I travel and experience the world, and meet amazing new friends, it’s so good to stay connected to old friends; friends who know me, challenge me and love me in spite of myself. I am lucky to have this refuge @ Ngare Sero. I feel grounded here.
This
week was been extremely significant for the launch of this blog/vlog. Over
the coming months I will be working on a number of projects that I will share
in this space. 2016 ended with genuine inspiration and support for The Kilimanjaro Project (more about that
later) as well as initiating the Tanzanian Permaculture Community.
I’m
not a writer, and don’t really have a way with words, but I do hope that
through the blog entries, photographs and videos that you will be inspired to
engage more deeply with life.
As
this adventure unfolds I will be telling stories of sustainable futures;
curious stories of culture, the environment, lifestyles, and nature. I will explore healthy living, permaculture, yoga,
and meditation. There will be campfires,
poetry reading, creative nights and chats about life and love. I will be intentional, curious and conscious
as I explore what that actually means.
I
don’t plan to do this adventure alone, but hope to journey along side all sorts
of remarkable people doing remarkable things, telling remarkable stories.
I look forward to
sharing this journey with you,
Come away with me...
I wrote this poem in 2010 expressing my fears around starting this blog,
It’s taken awhile to make it happen
I have spent these last 6 years experimenting, creating the
lifestyle of my dreams, exploring, failing, succeeding, and failing again.
I have eventually found my voice and have the courage to share this
journey on a more public platform.
I begin on a blank
page
My biggest fear lies
in what lies ahead,
What words will flow
from a heart and mind
Locked for years
longing for a voice to be heard
To yell, to scream
laugh and cry, express - myself
Words, words,
words,
They come easily when
coupled with a few glasses of wine
They are filled with
nonsense and wisdom together
But no sooner as I
attempt to commit them to the blank page
I am
speechless. The words are gone.
I admit, I don’t know
where to begin,
To bring these words
to life
To start is the
biggest challenge of them all,
And it’s in the
starting that movement happens and
Words flow.
Scared, of what I
might say, or not say,
Insecure of what
people might think of me if these words were found.
Or heard. Or Spoken.
By me.
But if I don’t start,
I might explode.
And then there will
be no more page and no more words from me
