The soldiers have surrounded the house by the sea. It is one in the morning. The darkest hour. Even under star-lit African skies. A quarter moon hangs low to the East. There are about twenty, thirty soldiers, a section, the equivalent of a platoon, dressed in khaki fatigues. Rifles are clustered on the crazy pavement…
San Francisco’s cable car. I understand it’s still working. Back then in 1966, to the little boy that I was, fresh out of Africa, it was very cool. Note the hairdos on the women, and the white socks and black jeans on one of the passengers pushing the car. (Elvis wasn’t very far) The streets…
The seagulls glide and glide over the waters. Hundreds of them. Gliding and flying effortlessly. Catch the wind. Glide a while. Then a swift stroke of a wing and glide again. Stewart is probably up there. I can’t make him out. Too many seagulls in the air. And too many ships in the waters! Reminds me…
Many an explorer lost his life in Africa during the 19th century. Some sought power. Others the gold mines of Solomon. Others still, sought the source of the Nile. in 1859, Speke and Burton were the first europeans to “discover” Lake Victoria as the source of the Nile. Burton, Richard, (not Elizabeth Taylor’s repeated husband)…
I dislike monkeys. Totally personal. I am aware that essentializing monkeys is quite possibly unfair. There is a remote, very remote chance that there are nice monkeys. A few. Somewhere. I have not met them. So I stand firm: I dislike monkeys. Two in the afternoon in the magical house on the West African…
Red heels? Yes! I happen to be an expert at walking in high heels. Very high heels… My new dress? Yep! Black dress can’t fail. Hmmm. A wide red leather belt? Hmmm. No. The red scarf I bought in Florence. Italy, not Miss’sipi. Tied around the waist. Good! A touch of make-up. Red lipstick. Too…
“Previously” on the White Mountain: A team of newbie mountaineers, with the exception of one, from all over Europe, decides to climb Mont-Blanc, the highest mountain in Europe. After proper training in Chamonix, they set off for the first part of the journey: the Corridor of Death. Two crew members nearly lose their life the…
At the end of June, a team from Research International set out to conquer Europe´s highest mountain – Mont Blanc. As it transpired, the RI mountain squad was returned back by a blizzard just short of the summit. The assault on Mont Blanc was co-ordinated by Brieuc Martin-Onraët (editor of this story; See italics) of…
Equinoxio 