By Doreen Court Man, I’ve been waiting for this book. I missed the first edition in 1981 because I was then an impecunious 2nd year horticulture student (and I tell you this only so that I can say I’ve used the word ‘impecunious’ at least once in my life). I missed it when it was [...]

Peter Harris 288 pages. Soft cover You get important books, and you get irritating books, and, once in a while, you get a really important book that really irritates. Peter Harris’ ‘Birth’ is one such. See, I can’t read stories written in the present tense. I blame it on Hunter S. Thompson. His style was [...]

Seven Days in Cape Town By Sean Fraser When I think back on my first vacation in Cape Town (one week) I’m reminded of lots of time in the passenger seat of our car – usually stuck in traffic – hauling from one end of the city to the other to get some sightseeing done. [...]