Crawling is the Journey
Colin and I came across a display of cool drink bottles in a shop in dusty little Caledon. And yes, it became a Kodak moment. O, I just have to get a photo of this, Colin said. The drinks on display is a “generic” version of the real thing, but it made me think, of […]
In saying the writing is on the wall, the person would usually indicate that there are clear signs that a situation is going to become very difficult or unpleasant, or that it could even no longer exist. Writing on the wall is not good. You do not want to be told the writing is on […]
I have a good idea, Colin said to me Monday morning. You can call your next Cape Crawl: A River Runs Through It. Have you ever experienced that moment, when you do not need a mirror image or a photo to know what your expression looks like. In fact, you can feeeel it, and you […]
You make my heart sing! You make everything groovy. Wild thing! Ok, you ask, what happened? Let me tell you. Driving along the other day, Colin was saying that I really need to stop writing so much about sheep and cattle. Do you want people to believe that we live rather rural? That we are […]
Driving around the Cape makes listening to the radio very difficult, for more than one reason. Firstly – and this happens most, you lose reception very easily. Just a hint of a mountain, and the radio becomes white noise. The other reason, of course is, that I have yet to find a radio station down […]
In case you have not noticed, I love music. However, as with mankind, not all music is equal. For no specific reason at all, I do not like Whitney Houston. It is just something about her music. It has me changing radio stations. I would rather sit through twenty-five minutes of Mongolian Throat Singing, than […]
Funny how one can remember random things you learnt at school. I remember snatches of things like the opening scene of Macbeth, the one where the three witches are discussing meeting again. The play is about the damaging physical and phycological effects that political ambition can have on those that seek power. Now, that does […]
There is nothing easy about planting. This I can tell you. I have for the past month been witness to a planting frenzy. I do not know what they are planting. I have been told everything from Canola to Wheat and Barley. But from where I am standing, (or sitting, or driving) they are planting […]
I am a winter person. I love cold, frosty winter days. Even better when it is a cold, frosty, rainy day. One of my best holidays was a trip to Holland in early December, some years back. With a very short period of daylight, we would spend our time walking at semi dusk. The leafless […]
A.A. Milne, created the characters of Winnie the Pooh, and his friends. One of these many friends included Eeyore. In a funny sort of way, Eeyore is my best character. Eeyore is not a happy chap at the best of times. Some people even believe that Eeyore suffered from depression and dysthymia disorder. This was […]