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Kalk Bay cliché
The vans are lined up on Kalk Bay pier. The catch is in, and it's a big one. Silvery snoek lie in a glistening heap, but not for long....
Sep 10, 20182 min read
Suitcase
By Melanie Jessop Tae-Bo, our Staffordshire Terrier, is miserable. Every furry fibre of his being exudes dejection. His stocky brindle...
Jul 20, 20182 min read
Spring fashions
By Cathy Eden My walk this morning takes me over Belmont bridge and up to Rondebosch common. At the crest of the bridge there’s an...
May 15, 20182 min read
Holy circus
My walk this morning takes me over Belmont bridge and up to Rondebosch common. At the crest of the bridge there’s an apartment window...
May 8, 20182 min read
Let the light in
Twelve months seem to have flashed by and here we are, preparing for another trip around the sun. I'm not one for new year's resolutions,...
Dec 17, 20172 min read
People watching
By Belinda Wilkinson It was her awkwardness that got me interested: The overly-applied make up, the slight wonk of the lipstick, the too...
Nov 6, 20172 min read
I Think of My Grandmother
By Carri Kuhn I watch the steady stream of water pouring into the jug, early morning sun reflecting off the glass. It is beautiful, the...
Sep 3, 20171 min read
Dressing the part
'Come to dinner,' Elizabeth said, 'I want you and Jean to meet each other.' To be fair, I have to point out that it was hellish hot that...
Feb 24, 20173 min read
Carpe Diem
Facebook is awash with encouraging little memes of the carpe diem variety. Some are twee, some are quite inspiring, but I've often...
Oct 18, 20162 min read
In love with the new season
By Cathy Eden Autumn is, without doubt, my favourite time of year. The debilitating heat of summer is over; the smog-clearing wind, for...
Apr 26, 20163 min read
Spar Vagrant
By Cathy Eden I smell him before I see him: feral, dank, his scuffed denims exuding the mustiness of last night’s inhospitable subway....
Apr 20, 20164 min read
Synchronicity
By Penny Marek One of the definitions of ‘Synchronicity’ is “the coincidental occurrence of events and especially psychic events (such as...
Mar 15, 20163 min read
A wail of a time
Cape Town’s wild and beautiful Whale Trail is a must – as long as you are fit enough to enjoy it. By Cathy Eden My energetic neighbour...
Mar 8, 20165 min read
Suitcase
By Vicki Erskine The siren of the airport conveyor belt wails, signalling to the travellers that it is game on. They check the carousal...
Feb 17, 20162 min read
Fine, soft Irish days
Watch the scudding clouds and the light playing over the emerald fields and silvery loughs, and you'll agree that a wee spot of rain...
Nov 30, 20156 min read
Miracle
Moments before sunrise, the beach is a low-tide swathe of silvery sand, cold and firm underfoot. The water is flat and grey, skimmed by...
Jul 15, 20153 min read
Waves
By Carri Kuhn I watch the waves as they travel to the shore, rolling in again and again. As with life, there is no way to stop their...
Jan 14, 20152 min read
Waves
By Anna Hug When we were kids, Mum used to drive us to Plas Madoc Leisure Centre in Wales. It was a long brick building with a curved...
May 22, 20141 min read
The sleeping bag
By Anna Hug It was a seventies nylon sleeping bag. Orange on the outside and lumo yellow inside. It smelt faintly of sick. And it came to...
May 4, 20142 min read
His and Hers
By Calene Kruger Pathologically opposed to bedding his own wife, uncle Oscar spent his life moving from one climactic moment to another...
Mar 16, 20131 min read
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