stories

[Some of you here may know this area and its people/traditions..] Spirits Pretorius was in trouble, and he knew it. Ever the adventurer he knew that he would run into difficulties sooner or later. And not just a mechanical...

I look out over the city lights of Pretoria as I tug on my pipe. Tonight, I am grateful. Regardless of what is going on in the world, in my own country and my city, I have a million things to be thankful for. I write about something that is very relevant to me at this moment in time - fountains...

"You know, Bwana, if I stand here long enough, I will see God himself." These are the words that a Maasai poacher once said to Alec McCallum after looking out over the Ngorongoro Crater for the very first time in his life. Alec always told this story to my father and other people who had the...