6 May 2013
It’s a windy day, bringing in squalls. Yesterday was cold enough to require a jersey and socks for the feet – definitely a sign of winter […]
20 April 2013
I almost missed him. The waters were swirling around the rocky reef, the tidal pool deep and murky, its surface restless. I was looking for the […]
13 April 2013
Henry is killing a green bean. The last time he killed something it was a mouse. He is throwing the bean up in the air much […]
5 April 2013
Just as I think the beach and the dunes have no further lessons for me, I find there is infinitely more in this microcosm of existence […]
29 March 2013
It was a glorious morning with a contusion of clouds chasing each other along the horizon. The tide was actively going out, the stillness chimerical. […]
1 March 2013
I found this small cowrie on the beach this morning. It caught my attention because it was an unusual purple, adjoined with mottled greys and browns. […]
12 February 2013
The reports coming out of Mocambique were scarce and varied. For those in the know, if the Limpopo floods its banks in South Africa, then it […]
15 January 2013
I love this time of the year. Each day begins with a determined resistance to getting out of bed to watch the sun make his strategic […]
19 December 2012
The explosion, though expected, was stultifying to the senses when it came. The fireball cannoned high into the night sky, a dervish swirling in the wind. […]
11 December 2012
I am not gone away, I am just temporarily absent due to my house burning down. I have a Hall of Heroes that need to be […]
8 November 2012
Do you ever play conversations over and over in your mind? Do you have those times when words that have been spoken, either to you or […]
22 October 2012
Their red bodies are clearly visible on the pathways, on branches, on leaves, their tracks distinctive in the sand. They are a type of what I […]
15 October 2012
I was so thrilled to see a low tide early yesterday morning. The height of the tide, and having to be away for a week, […]
8 October 2012
I stopped dead in my tracks. The thought and the sighting fused simultaneously in a moment of glee and awe: “He aint heavy, he’s my brother”! […]
1 October 2012
This has been a week when critters prevailed at the beach and the tales are as extraordinary as if they were fabled. It’s hard to know […]
24 September 2012
It’s been a really strange week at the beach. It began Sunday before last when we awoke to no power. This situation continued throughout the […]
14 September 2012
One of the first indicators that one has tumbled into the generation gap is when your children bring home music that you do not understand. In […]
3 September 2012
It is inescapable reality that every positive has its negative. The situation of this house, nestled among the sand dunes of Moçambique, within spitting distance of […]
28 August 2012
The wisdom of Solomon in my mind somehow equates not only to his mind, but also to his opulent and grandiose lifestyle as though somehow wisdom […]
20 August 2012
13 August 2012
The people of Mocambique went to rock bottom as only people who have been through a devastating civil war can go to rock bottom. On our […]
6 August 2012
The colour of the sky each day changes slowly from inky magenta to bland light to the softest hues of pink and orange. Then there is […]