In the Little Karoo, while sitting in the Lazy Lizard Coffee Shop, on the back of the menu, I found this poem. It rather delighted me. I want to share…
Read MoreCategory: Random Musings!
A Fracking Disaster!
“He remembers what the spiritual visionary, Wallace Black Elk, a Lakota said – man’s scratching of the earth causes diseases like cancer. He meant the mining and drilling for coal,…
Read More“Little boxes, little boxes…”
A five year old boy sitting on a step, hugging a pair of new shoes. The look of sheer joy and enthralled delight on his face is breathtaking. This photograph…
Read More“Less is More!”
I stared up at the massive painting in the kitchen. It was of a hyena. But this hyena was different. It seemed to have an odd kind of vulnerability to…
Read More21st Century Unicorn!
“Rhinos have an ancient, eternal beauty. With their massive bodies, clad in thick folds of prehistoric body armour topped by a magnificent scimitar horn, they fascinate like few other creatures…………
Read MoreLife Saver!
Wouldn’t you like to be a life saver? I would and I am hoping that I can! Let me tell you what I’m speaking about….. A couple of weeks ago,…
Read More100!
This is my one hundredth blog! I can’t believe it! My friend, ‘B’, had the idea of me creating this blog. “You have lots of writing which is just clogging…
Read More“Just chew your nails!”
“But perhaps the most important lesson I learned is that there are no walls between humans and the elephants except those that we put up ourselves, and that until we…
Read MoreShocking!
* *** “The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.” Mahatma Gandhi *** * I am just appalled by…
Read MoreThe Goddess of Rainbows!
“The answer is that we are not helpless in the face of our first impressions. They may bubble up from the unconscious – from behind a locked door inside of…
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