Wednesday, 19 February 2014

African Moon

An excerpt from a short story in Latticework (now available): set in Cape Town, this one reveals to the reader not only the heat of the Mother City in summer, but also the beauty and the ability of South Africans to imagine, to act, to help each other ...


African Moon

The magic of Africa.


She leans on her elbow, chin in hand, and stares out over the bay. The sun is bright on the water and the sun worshippers are out in full force on the narrow strip of beach, their colourful umbrellas and sunshades drawing the eye.
Bronzed bodies languish amid reddening skins. She, however, is uninterested in people silly enough to burn to crisps in such heat; she watches the water intently, staring through the hot silver stripes upon the waves.
Twice now she has dreamed of the yacht and both times the images were so real she can no longer ignore it. She sees sails dancing upon a beam and with it there is a feeling of sadness. Such sadness that she is in tears when she awakes.
She will look and watch until she either dies of eyestrain or something happens to prove her night visits are more than dreams. Or, she thinks in amusement, she will die of starvation, just sitting here.

The screams of frolicking kids rise up to reach out to her through closed windows, but she barely hears them. The drone of a jumbo jet overheard faintly rattles the glass and is then gone. The subdued sounds of slow traffic vying for right of way along the crowded street do not even register, and neither does the periodically jarring siren of an angry driver leaning on the hooter. Her mind is engaged in the soothing notes of Mozart at his absolute best.

Read on! Available from Amazon



True size of Africa


Friday, 14 February 2014

A hardworking local lady!

Vivian Sutherland is a lady with drive, focus and talent, and to help her I'm posting links to her websites for you to wander on over to. Have you needed a secretary to do some of your boring paperwork? Have you needed a designer to help you create business cards? Would you like someone to help you make your business more visible in the virtual world? Here are answers for you!






Your business and creative solutions are a click away.

Monday, 3 February 2014

Latticework

My latest book due to be released soon! A collection of short stories, one of which is set in Cape Town. Look our for it!