CAN you believe it is Christmas again? It seemed that just yesterday we were celebrating the New Year; I know I am at an age when time seems to rush by, but this is ridiculous.
For those of us who live in Southern Africa, this is a special time. Right now the Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone is sitting right over us and it is pouring with rain. After eight months of dry weather and hot sun, the rain comes in vast swathes, drenching the ground and giving rise to beetles and flying ants in their trillions and the veld transforms in days.
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