Mermaids in Africa (via African Alchemy)

While browsing today I discovered this gem.

Some years ago — 12 years? 15 years? — I went to visit a distant Karoo town and found that the craggy Meiringspoort Pass through the mountains had been closed because of floods. The floodwaters had brought down boulders the size of a house and new rock pools had formed between boulders and gouged-out earth. News reports said that the stifled and muddy river was to be diverted and eventually a new road would be bulldozed through the pass. A na … Read More