Monthly Archives: October 2011

A jeep met us at the airstrip and we travelled the twenty minute journey to the camp. The sounds as we drove through the bush were unmistakably African. We were welcomed warmly and shown to our tent. Our Tent On … Continue reading →

It takes all kinds to make a world, however I cannot understand people who dread retirement. There’s time to read all the books and travel to all the places, if the pension holds up, that you hadn’t time to read … Continue reading →

Here I am on the underside of the world, downside up and still standing. My mother, an intelligent woman, well read, believed the earth was flat, or so she said. She did, however, leave school earlier than usual, so I … Continue reading →

They helped to carry him to the church, That was the help they gave. They didn’t help him during his life, But they helped him to his grave.