Monthly Archive: September 2022

Daddy Long Legs and the dinosaurs

A spider fell into the bath tub and couldn’t get out. Daddy Long Legs, we used to call them when we were kids. I gently got him out on a...

Well, here we are again

What have you been up to? Where have you been? I’ve been working, old guys say. For some reason that annoys me. I’ve been retired for seven years now from...

Tough Times

I’m not the only one who puts words on paper - it’s rich and rewarding, except financially. I’m not alone....

Lessons from extremes, then and now

The spectre of Iran hangs in the air … today, as war rages, the indelible hand of the ayatollahs,...

Haunted by a very black Black Friday

Harare, Zimbabwe Black Friday, usually around November 24 every year, is not a shopping bonanza in this neck of the...

Elvis and his blue suede shoes

Harare, Zimbabwe If the world has too many problems right now - endless wars, famine and pestilence - it might...

Remember Popeye perchance? Now the real olive oil

Ostuni, southern Italy. For foodies. Popeye the Sailor Man had a girl called Olive Oil whom he dearly loved. Whenever...

Trivial pursuits

A Trivial Pursuit question: Who was the white South African dowager who said she would prefer to be murdered in...

A nun’s breast and Hannibal crossing the Alps

In these parts, if you order tette delle monache with your cappucino you’ll get a delicious cream-filled cake...

No escape from the night stalker

In the cyber world, there is no escape. Switch it off, or go to a place without it. A desert...

Travellers’ Tales

No booze on EgyptAir from Joburg to Cairo to Rome and so I got stuck into the best book I’ve...

A Zimbabwean Abroad

Dateline: Ostuni, coastal southern Italy Italy has a right-wing prime minister. Ms Giorgia Meloni is the first woman in the...