Not now, just now

Keith Holland and I on the banks of the Zambezi contemplating the world So it is over; in my eyes, thank goodness, a total damp squib final to end weeks of football. Last night, today is Monday, Argentina and Spain were meant to challenge each other in the final. It seems Argentina would do that by playing defensively for the full 90 minutes and in extra time, without conceding or scoring. Imagine a rugby match without a try! I presume, at full time, they planned to win the t

The same heat haze sky every night. The garden, despite watering once a week, is under serious stress with the hot, dry weather, although some light cloud this week I am not a fan of soccer, probably because I never had the coordination to keep the ball at my feet when dribbling. My younger brother Archie always wanted to play with a football when I came home from school for holidays, and even at half my age, he could beat me. Rugby was my game. Despite this, Rozanne and I de

Not clouds, only an evening haze. 40°C+ temperatures this past week and the return of forest fires so there is plenty of haze "The threads that connect you with friends and family make up the fabric of your life. You have to protect them."- Peter McSporran All of us ex-Zimbabweans, both black and white, think of the good old days in that country before the ‘land grab’ in 2000. When I arrived in Rhodesia, we used to joke about the ex-Kenyans, many farmers who left that country