7.14 Odds & ends: FAREWELL to, rather than “CRY, the Beloved Country”.
We have learned much on our trip to South Africa. Some of it was familiar but required a little ‘brush-up’ here and there. Before we go there, today’s Torah portion had a special interest for us. Jacob’s dream of ‘angels going up and down a ladder to/from Heaven’. We’ve got the ladder part working but unfortunately, we have a long way to go. Table Mountain from peak of Constantiaberg We mentioned when in Mpumalanga, the Blyderivierspoort hike, that the solid white line in the middle of the road seems an attractive addition to the black tar—a nice contrast. In Cape Town, jaywalking is, if not an art form just yet, it certainly keeps the motorist guessing as to the pedestrian’s intentions. On the other hand, as a pedestrian, you don’t want to be acting within the law by crossing the road correctly but having the motorist take no notice. Perhaps motorists don’t stop for pedestrians at traffic lights (robots) and stop signs because they don’t expect people to cross there—they are on th...