Echobaby

Last night I attended the launch of a new book by Ronnie Kasrils.  The book, about his wife Eleanors involvement in the struggle against ap...

You know how you walk into some homes and it feels as if Grown Ups Live Here, rather than People Like You who own children and have sentime...

I know that all this scenery and nostalgia has been wearing a bit thin for some of you.   Today, I am going to offer a few little vignettes ...

This morning, I took the kids on a walk to mail postcards.   It turned out to be the day that the the drought broke and it started to rain....

The Durban Country Club is laying new greens on the golf course so the course is closed.  This gave Dad and I the opportunity to do a bit of...

This morning Wren saw vervet monkeys for the first time.   They were running along and climbing through the brush at the side of the Country...

I am tired.   Being away from home also means being unable to really escape and lock the front door.   Everything is really nice but this af...

Wren being carried "like the zulus do it." This afternoon we went for a walk in Virginia Bush.  Dad and Frost cycled to the par...

Street signs are changing. Weather Update A huge wind came through last night, silencing the frogs and making the old house heave an...

We visited a Hindu temple a few days ago and I've just uploaded the pictures from David's camera.  I told the kids they had to be re...