Category Archives: Books

Four Cases Solved by Sherlock Colonialist

Posted on January 30, 2020 by colonialist

Apart from a brief spell in the middle of the month I have been without internet and email for the entire time; reasons being too complex and numerous to list. The latest loss took place about a week ago when … Continue reading →

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Robin First Copies, Hypnos with Cat, Apollo with Delight, Dracula without Delight

Posted on September 13, 2019 by colonialist

It’s really hard to say What’s taken up my day: Just sending books away, And blood tests: an array. The Author Copies, few, Are badly overdue; I needed blood tests new, For Monday, it is true. Then fitted some new … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Books, Cats, Humorous rhyme, Personal Journal, Really Awful Rhyme | Tagged , , , | 3 Comments

Fuf-fuf-fuf Free Zing Party and Talk

Posted on July 20, 2019 by colonialist

After two of the most delightful days imaginable, weather wise, things turned mean today just because we had two outdoor events following one after the other. In the morning we were up early to an overcast day with a gale … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Books, Durban and Coast Horticultural Society, Gardens, Grandchildren, Horticulture, Personal Journal, Publishing, Writing | Tagged , , , , | 10 Comments

Robin Takes Off At Last As All One Could Wish

Posted on July 18, 2019 by colonialist

I seem to have spent the whole day on the phone or internet dealing with issues. Even on the way back from school with the grandchildren, after R had finished her Squad swimming, she was holding my mobile phone to … Continue reading →

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Immy-agination in Art

Posted on April 22, 2019 by colonialist

GloPoWriMo Day 22 Prompt is as follows: Today, I’d like to challenge you to write a poem that engages with another art form – it might be about a friend of yours who paints or sculpts, your high school struggles … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Books, Colonialist, verse, writing, music composition, fantasy, Africa, journal., Fantasy, GloPoWriMo, Really Awful Rhyme | Tagged , , , | 11 Comments

Talk of Writing Wrongs

Posted on April 15, 2019 by colonialist

GloMoWriMo Day 15 Prompt is as follows: ‘Today, I’d like to challenge you to write your own dramatic monologue.’ I write; but when I write then should I yearn For all to like what I set out? And if they … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Book Reviews, Books, Daughters, GloPoWriMo, Poems, Rhyme | Tagged , , | 15 Comments

A Friend Like Ben

Posted on March 26, 2019 by colonialist

My recent ‘holiday’ to undergo a surgical procedure has enabled me to read a few books. This is a luxury I have not enjoyed since my last such visit. On this occasion, one of the books I took from my … Continue reading →

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The Goddess of the Devil Progresses

Posted on March 21, 2019 by colonialist

Interest in the promotion for The Goddess of the Devil continues, and the YouTube here  has now received going on for 1.6 million views. With that amount of notice, the next step is to make it known that the book … Continue reading →

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The Blue Between Gets a Turn.

Posted on November 17, 2018 by colonialist

                              Another day, another book launch. The librarian had influenced a move to Saturday morning, assuring me that it was always buzzing on that day and … Continue reading →

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Out to Launch With Lunch

Posted on November 16, 2018 by colonialist

The latest of my launch dates was by invitation to an affair this morning hosted by District Six of the Durban Library network as part of their initiatives following Durban’s selection as the only UNESCO City of Literature in Africa. … Continue reading →

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