Angels in desolation
6 August 1999
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The butterfly that stamped
24 September 1999
This is the 9th month of the year 1999. There are 99 days to go to the last year of this century. Do you feel a sense of destiny?
A BUTTERFLY flapped his wings in East Timor, setting up gentle spirals of air currents that grew as they intersected harmoniously with others nearby. He lived gloriously for a few short hours, mated, and died. Night fell and the remnants of his wings tossed and turned, no longer with life of their own, in the now strong breeze.
The stars looked down silently upon the scene. They had seen it before.
Jo'burg, the place of miracles
4 October 1997
How we deal with death is as important as how we deal with life...
Death of a friend
30 January 1989
My tribute to Dr Abu Asvat was published in The Daily Princetonian and since then has appeared in many other places.
Lamenting the loss of innocence
24 February 1996