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Gecko

By 6000 | 6000 | December 19, 2010

There was a sudden shout from Alex’s room this evening, during his reading time before lights out. I was up there like a shot, not because I was hugely concerned for his well-being (he’s a big boy now), but more because I didn’t want him to wake his sister, who has recently developed an aversion to bedtime. [...]

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Easy Life

By 6000 | 6000 | December 12, 2010

It’s a pleasant 28°C today, although the SouthEaster blowing through made me wonder if Lionel Ritchie was in Cape Town on the weekend back in ’77 when he wrote the hit Breezy Like Sunday Morning. Either way, it doesn’t remind me in any way, shape or form of the Decembers of my youth, but Kpu [...]

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Learning curve

By 6000 | 6000 | December 9, 2010

Lunch at Ons Huisie was a revelation. The Wes Kus Potjie was utterly fantastic. And while I was well aware that the fishermen north of Cape Town were big on prawns, mussels, calamari and kingklip, I didn’t know that they enjoyed quite so much garlic. Apparently, they like a lot of garlic. Anyway, if Ons [...]

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Detention for Dad?

By 6000 | 6000 | November 21, 2010

Uh-oh – incoming from the headmaster at my son’s school: Dear Mr Thousand, I felt it important that I should get in touch with you regarding the selection of items which you sent in with Alex for the school’s recent South Africa Day last week. As you will no doubt recall, we asked parents to [...]

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Come as a song

By 6000 | 6000 | November 14, 2010

Last night was the joint 40th birthday of a couple of friends of ours (I was also celebrating this) and they held an awesome party in the swanky settings of the *cough* Mowbray Bowls Club. OK, it wasn’t the most glamorous of venues, but it was a wonderful evening, set off in no small part by [...]

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