I was born in that wonderful country of yesteryear, Rhodesia, in July 1970. I am an Archivist by profession and freelance writer.I am interested in History, Military History, the English Language and its etymology and various other avocations and pursuits.
My passion is ...
my wife, Deanna
I know too much about ...
absolutely nothing
My parents always told me ...
I was their "pension-thief", how charming!
My childhood ambition ...
to be me
My favorite memory ...
too many to recount
Why I write ...
because it inspires me
What I am reading/watching/listening to ...
various things
My first job ...
A chicken farmer
My best moment ...
My marriage
My inspiration ...
My Late father, Errol, and my late sister, Meryl (who was the real writer in the family)
Who Will Save Zimbabwe?
North of the Limpopo River and south of the mighty Zambezi, ensconced in south-east Africa, lies a land once proud, and now reduced to a pitiful hovel.
This land struggles under the yoke of the Devil incarnate.
Its starving, poverty stricken masses wait with baited-breath for salvation from decades, of blood-curdling oppression and subjugation.
This land, Zimbabwe, and these people, the Zimbabweans, cast their eyes heaven-wards, punch-drunk , and with naught left to offer.
But salvation is nowhere to be seen; only more suffering, more pain, and cons...
Ross Dix-Peek
Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape ZA
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