Storm with the Scarf

The Fairy & the Farm. Part VII: The Quest

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February 25th 2007
The Flipperty Gibbets did what they knew best; giggled, then led the fairy into the kingdom. The road was a patchwork of donated tar, a scar tissue of asphalt. On an open field to her right, a group of kids taught a crimson kite to fly by gently stretching its string with rhythmic pulls, then giving it some slack to try its own wings and rise above the silhouette of the Table Mountain ... read more

Africa » South Africa » Western Cape » Cape Town

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After the British seized the Cape of Good Hope area in 1806, many of the Dutch settlers (the Boers) trekked north to found their own republics. The discovery of diamonds (1867) and gold (1886) spurred wealth and immigration and intensified the subjug... ... read more