Penny Dolan says: I came across Dianne Hofmeyr's beautiful post on another blog and immediately wanted to share her words, tho...

There’s a small corner of the Western Cape that could pass for being part of the Mediterranean. I grew up here with the sweet smell of fig...

Gold is the most exquisite of all things… Whoever possesses gold can acquire all that he desires in this world. ’ Christopher Columbus, 150...

A giraffe walking through the streets of Paris in 1827 must have been a wondrous sight. What was this strange horned, half horse, half...