Author: Claire
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The last time I saw Autumn…
The seasons are beginning to turn again. Mornings are chilly and the late Summer mists have come to Stutterheim. I watch the swallows patching up their nest and wonder how much longer they’ll be here. Soon it will be Autumn. Autumn is the last season that got lost along the way in changing back and…
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Words across time
In 1874, Arthur William Edgar O’Shaughnessey published a collection of poems called Music and Moonlight. Among them was a poem, Ode, that will be familiar to many, although most people know only the first couple of stanzas: We are the music makers, and we are the dreamers of dreams, wandering by lone sea breakers and…
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Ou Kaapstad was van altyd af nog baie mooi vir my
Ou Kaapstad was van altyd af nog baie mooi vir my Capetonians are generally fiercely proud of their city. They’re proud of the mountain and the beaches and the beauty and the quality of life. This has the (amusing) effect of perplexing many Joburgers. And yet, many Cape Town people spend very little time enjoying…