The African sun, once again, furiously beats down on this beautiful city of mine...the mercury reaching dangerously close to the 40 mark.  The green trees lapping up the sun, the lesser plants wi

Today is Spring Day here in sunny South Africa and we're THRILLED!!  The first of September is always a happy day for us, but this was the happiest yet!  Normally Spring day is misty and col

Someone somewhere once said you haven't lived until you've seen an African sunset.  Truer words are hard to come by. Two glorious weeks in the African bush has left me completely and utterly par

South Africa is a truly amazing place...and I won\'t EVER be convinced otherwise. Well, since we won the bid for the 2010 Soccer World Cup, things have been changing over here.  It\'s like the w

WWWWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! One of the most fun days I've had and just another example of the awesome pro

Sometimes, it just feels like life's running away from you.  Like it listened to the story of that silly gingerbreadman and took it to heart.  That's what it feels like for me, right now.&nb

Well, like I told my good friend Henry, it seems to me the world doesn't stop working when school ends!  Yes, I had the naive thought that I could catch a break and maybe, finally, get round to d

Fisrt day back at school.  Wow!  What an adjustment!  I thought it would just be another boring day at school...but it wasn't boring, it was just different.  The day started with m