In the summer months the afternoon thunderstorms grumble loudly over the peaks, and this lifegiving water allows the grasslands of the southern Drakensberg to grow a lush emerald green. Clusters of colourful cosmos, the beautiful protea and millions of wild flowers, tiny in size, but punching way above their weight in colour, punctuate the tapestry […]
Bashir was sulking. Lying in the mottled shade of some African scrub, he replayed the events of his earlier unsuccessful hunt and the now detectable pangs of hunger did nothing to improve his mood. His mother, a proud, elegant, tawny-yellow serval cat, richly marked with dark stripes down her spine and black spots decorating her
Bashir – a short story Read More »
We all have moments in life that we will never forget, not necessarily the obvious ones like getting married and the birth of your children, but those that come out of the blue. I am no different. It was my final year at school and I was a gangly teenager with serious self-confidence issues. I
The Dentist and love at first sight Read More »
I must apologise to my readers for no post last week. I have already been contacted by a few asking if everything is ok, and indeed it is, but for me, writing is such a personal and emotional process that when something blindsides you on a quiet Saturday morning, it tends to dry up the
The Bookworm and National champion Read More »
And so, the first month of 2020 is almost at an end and the month of love is nearly upon us. Do you realise that 2050 is as far away as 1990 and that children born in 2000 are turning 20 this year! Our favourite rock bands, are getting on too. The FIFA World Cup
Slowing Time and Being alone Read More »
I Woke up this Morning…. I woke up this morning and for no particular reason, hoped that it was raining, Being an outdoor kind of person, rain is often unwelcome, but with the hot winter we have had, the sound of rain on the roof would have been so comforting, even if I had to
We all have a story…. Like a boulder on the shore, shaped by endlessly crashing waves, so too are we, wrought by the constant onslaught of life. We had a friend called Nic. A very special man. A man with an uncomplicated, but infectious sense of humour, quietly spoken and an unending empathy for his
I am the eldest of seven siblings, with six sisters, four surviving, I have a wife, two daughters and two granddaughters. As you can imagine, the desire to enjoy some “Bro Time” can be rather intense at times. A few centuries ago, the concept of male bonding was vastly different to what it is today.
Men Behaving Badly Read More »
A typical summer’s day in the then Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe. We are 16 and the classroom we are occupying is humid with the heat of 30 bodies in thick khaki school uniforms. We have just finished discussing the unbelievable technology that will be available in the year 2000. Robots and flying cars, doctors being able to operate without cutting and, believe it or not, telephones without wires! It is all so fascinatin
