Category Archives: Writing

100-Word Flash(ing) Fiction

Posted on August 30, 2019 by colonialist

I have had a yearning, recently, to keep my hand in on Flash Fiction and have been looking for a home for such pieces. After failing to find one quite suitable, I thought of doing it anyway. The first … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Fantasy, Flash Fiction, Writing | Tagged Albatross, Colonialist, Flash Fiction, Hornet Moth | 5 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 Birthday Party, Books and Publishing, Colonialist, Durban Garden and House Plant Club, Talk on Durban and Coast Horticultural Society History | 10 Comments

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 →

Posted in Africa, Books, Fantasy, Personal Journal, Writing | Tagged book launch, Colonialist, Darx Circle, Unesco City of Literature | 5 Comments

Out to Launch – all of November!

Posted on November 2, 2018 by colonialist

I have been working hard to put this together. I wrote the first book mentioned a while ago (but it has not officially been launched yet), and have had a hand in editing, formatting and publishing all the others. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Books, Writing | Tagged Arcana, Book Launch Month, book launches, Colonialist, Darx Circle, Split Decision, The Blue Between, The Goddess of the Devil, Unesco City of Literature | 8 Comments

Annointment From a Hadeda Ibis Nest

Posted on October 30, 2018 by colonialist

Wordle 375 Eggs sway in breeze on misty day Attentive parents drive cats away Hatched child (or chick) in home movies features Won’t sing, but runny tum these creatures — Find the corn set out today Sent back down in … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Birds, Challenge, Colonialist, Humorous rhyme, Nature, Publishing, Wordle, Wordplay, Writing | Tagged book launches, Colonialist, Durban and Coast Horticultural Society, Garden of the Year, Hadeda ibis, Rhyming Wordle in given word-order | 9 Comments

Electrifying Bogarde at Knight

Posted on October 17, 2018 by colonialist

Dirk Bogarde was always one of my favourite actors, and I soon discovered that his writing is highly entertaining and engaging. His friends must have looked forward … Continue reading →

Posted in Books, Wordplay, Writing | Tagged Colonialist, Derrick Knight, Dirk Bogarde letters | 4 Comments

Striking a Box of Matches

Posted on October 8, 2018 by colonialist

Matches end bruised and with vision all blurred Voices through numb mind have blossomed unheard; Unhinged to savour such! Listen to those Who nail how one edges from aches with such blows! © … Continue reading →

Posted in Really Awful Rhyme, Wordle, Wordplay, Writing | Tagged boxing, Colonialist, rhyming wordle in given order adding minimum words | 2 Comments

Something to Hoot About

Posted on July 19, 2018 by colonialist

That was just for fun and to reintroduce the topic of my writing and that with which I am associated. In which connection (drumroll) you may recall a certain post about a certain Decision that followed one on Christmas Day … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Books, Cartoon inventions, Children's Fiction, Current Affairs, Wordplay, Writing, Young Adult Fiction | Tagged Colonialist, Decision, Rufus Owl, Trump a Marxist | 3 Comments

A Wordle All At Sea

Posted on June 3, 2018 by colonialist

Slam hatch against the blast From winter cycle; Crawl, lost, back from the mast — Where’s bad St Michael*? — Has Channel race gone wrong? Link to reaching France Suspect will take too long; There’s but slender chance! * patron saint … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Colonialist, Personal Journal, Wordle, Writing | Tagged Channel Race, Colonialist, Cyclone, Wordle 354 | 5 Comments

Grade Four Afrikaans Presentation

Posted on May 11, 2018 by colonialist

R has done this Power Point ‘My Pet Amber’ to support a presentation she has to give in Afrikaans at school. I think it is charming, particularly the whirly bit! If only we had had such aids available during my … Continue reading →