Archive: August 2022

In Knysna, Helen and I say that we don’t have seasons, we just have weather. By that we mean that it can be 29 degrees in the middle of winter and 15 degrees in the middle of summer. The hot winter days are caused by berg winds, and then a…

Let’s talk about triangulation in the sense that I became familiar with it – As keen birders, we would often hear a bird calling from a tree, but try as we might we couldn’t get our binoculars onto it. We would then separate and each point to the source of…

Let’s have a look at some of them – Oximoron – a self conflicting term Honest liar Pretty ugly Only choice Same difference Onomatopoeia – A word that sounds like what it describes Buzz Sizzle Snap Hiss Alliteration – words close together, starting with the same consonant, usually to create…