Brenda, in preparation for this trip, has read a lot of Alexander MCall Smith's books st in Botswana, The Ladies #1 Detective Agency.
One of the frequent haunts of the protagonist, Mma Ramotse, is the President's Hotel in Gaborone, where she enjoys tea and the view.
I took Brenda to the very spot, and was pleased to see the sign. Brenda was thrilled to be "living out" the fictional adventure. As we move around Gaborone, she point out names and places from the book. Down on the SW corner of town is the movie set where the BBC filmed a t.v. series on the #1 Detective agency. When we were in Sweden, our good friends, John and Louise showed us one of the episodes.
They say that "life imitates art". I think art is, for the most part, a search for meaning. Sadly, meaning may be found through art, but in itself is not a source of meaning.
I keep coming back to that verse, "For what doth it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?" Mark 8:36
Now those are GOOD questions!
One of the frequent haunts of the protagonist, Mma Ramotse, is the President's Hotel in Gaborone, where she enjoys tea and the view.
I took Brenda to the very spot, and was pleased to see the sign. Brenda was thrilled to be "living out" the fictional adventure. As we move around Gaborone, she point out names and places from the book. Down on the SW corner of town is the movie set where the BBC filmed a t.v. series on the #1 Detective agency. When we were in Sweden, our good friends, John and Louise showed us one of the episodes.
They say that "life imitates art". I think art is, for the most part, a search for meaning. Sadly, meaning may be found through art, but in itself is not a source of meaning.
I keep coming back to that verse, "For what doth it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?" Mark 8:36
Now those are GOOD questions!
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