spirituality – Michael Reid Books

Franschhoek, January 2026 — A New Beginning

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January 18, 2026 Thank you for your concern and good wishes. Our flight from Johannesburg to Cape Town was smooth and uneventful. While driving into Franschhoek, we could see areas that had been severely burnt. Acres of scorched earth and blackened trees surrounded us. The smell of smoke still hung in the air. Although we…

South Africa, January 2026 — Rewilding

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January 6, 2026 Before returning to Africa, I had become familiar with the concept of “rewilding”. It refers to landscapes and the reintroduction of animals and other living things that were formerly driven-out or exterminated. But I wonder now what this important phenomenon for environmental conservation and the preservation of species in the natural world…

Langkawi, April 2025 — Holding What Matters

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April 23, 2025 Although unplanned, coming to Malaysia has been absolutely perfect. Bill and I haven’t been here for ten years. He worked in Malaysia for five years as a young adult, and you might remember that we used to visit here (and the rest of Asia) often in the early 2000s. Needless to say,…

Serra Cafema, February 2025 — Angels

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February 23, 2025 Joey died on Valentine’s Day. Anais is with her mother (Theresa) and his family today, in New York at the funeral. He is having an official NYC Police send-off. Joey is my former step son. I was married to his mother. I contacted Theresa for the first time in over thirty years…

Serra Cafema, February 2025 — Surrender

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February 22, 2025 We are now at Serra Cafema, Namibia, on the banks of the Kunene River. It creates a border between our Wilderness camp and Angola. The Kunene flows brown and into the Atlantic – only 30 miles away, carrying the earth to the ocean below. While keeping an eye out for alligators, we…

Convento São Paulo, January 2025 — Austerity & Silence

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January 30, 2025 He couldn’t stop singing about the day we had in Estramoz. He wanted to go back outside and revisit the places we had seen. But we explained that every day would be different. Every destination would offer its own lesson and unique charm. We had to move on. The narrow road to…