70 Years on the Planet Earth

I have worked as a free-lance journalist and professional writer for over 50 years. One day, I walked into the busy offices of a local newspaper and said to the owner, "I want you to give me my very own newspaper column. I will interview local interesting people, find out about the history of Jeffreys Bay and tell the story of our little town the way it is. I don't want a salary. I will work for free. Just give me the chance to tell it like it is!" Here are some of the little gems that have survived from my newspaper column, "Our Little Town." From there, I wrote and published 8 sell out editions of my coffee table book The Legends of Jeffreys Bay, over the span of the next 27 years. My friends asked me to re-print a few of those special stories, and here they are! I have been a compulsive surfer for nearly sixty years and a world traveler my whole life. With surfboard and laptop, I have flown with my family to the far corners of the earth. I am fascinated by the peoples of Indonesia and China and Malaysia and South Africa. On my surf trips to the island of Java and to Hawaii and to California and Brazil and Peru, their stories just cried out to be told. Here are a few of them for you. I created my own community newspaper, The Eastern Cape Mirror and published it for seven years. After printing the first 2 million copies, I realized that a newspaper life is very short. My precious stories were swiftly vanishing, while people washed the windscreens of their motor cars with my newspapers! So I decided to preserve some of the best stories in this little book. Where do we come from? Where are we going? What do we know about God? Do all spiritual paths lead to heaven? These burning questions have long fascinated me, and my whole life has been a quest to find spiritual meaning. After 3 years in a Hare Krishna ashram in San Diego, I escaped to the North Shore of Hawaii and came to accept Jesus Christ as my personal savior. I have seen miracle after miracle in my journey for 40 years, and I have written four full length books which give God all the glory in this quest for the truth. Some of the spiritual stories have never been printed before, yet, they too cry out to be heard. Then there are the fun and fantasy stories and the children's stories for your enjoyment. You can start reading from anywhere in this little book, and sure enough, somewhere you will find something interesting to entertain you!