The amazing tale of Grinch and gold
I have an old friend who is in prison for Christmas (and maybe next year too). I opened my Christmas cards that I had bought at discount...
Unwanted guests on my journey
Do you remember the moment when your life changed? Perhaps when you met the love of your life or listened to a doctor pronounce bad news?...
Sauntering gyrating spinning tops
In my childhood we had limited toy options. Skipping rope, pieces of elastic tied to our legs, home-made skateboards, marbles and...
Stingrays and bugs in mud
My eyebrows have disappeared as I have aged and a while back my daughter bought us an eyebrow painting kit. I have grown used to being...
Russian Royalty and blacksmiths at war
One of my father's workmates decided to weld an empty fuel tank. Not the brightest idea in the world because the gases inside ignited and...
DNA wedding dance
"Don't be afraid of enemies who attack you, beware of friends that flatter you." Which I think means that true friends will tell you the...
Hidden messages in Shakespeare
As Winter touches our lives with its icy fingers, I remember my childhood in Zululand. Winter never got down to freezing and it was...
Titanic termites and GOATS
In the outback of Australia stand cathedral-like structures made of poop and dust. Taller than the roof of a house, the ant-hills tower...
Deafening snakes and stuff
People who are born deaf and gain hearing later in life are often surprised that the sun does not give off a sound, song or noise of some...
Blue and Gold eyed beasts
I might possibly be a reindeer or a caribou. It's the knee clicking thing that has convinced me. Apparently caribou's knees click as they...
