I've heard it said that time plays tricks on the mind. I think it more likely that the mind plays tricks with time. In my readings of Nelson' Mandela's Long Road to Freedom, I have only reached 1977, a mere 15 years into his 27 years of internment. I have been sequestered in my bunker [...]
Month: August 2020
Ode to the Census Taker
A Modest Declaration I am not a white man Or any other color of Any other man And I will be damned If I let you call me ‘Other’ And please do not presume to assume That I am one of you I am not a Christian man Yet I tithe and thrive in a [...]
What I Did On My Covid-19 Vacation Chapter Three From Long Walk to Freedom by Nelson Mandela The Rivonia Trial and Companion piece The Beast Is at the Door The Rivonia Trial, often referred to as "the trial that changed South Africa,” was conducted in October 1963. Ten leading opponents of Apartheid went on trial [...]
