Marie Heese on some of the more recognisable features of the main character in her novel The Double Crown

Festival organiser Darryl David with the troublesome microphone

Albert Troskie delivered a talk on the pipe organ heritage of South Africa.

The final word

doo·dle v. doo·dled, doo·dling, doo·dles
v.intr.
1. To scribble aimlessly, especially when preoccupied.
2. To kill time.
v.tr.
To draw (figures) while preoccupied.
n.
A figure, design, or scribble drawn or written absent-mindedly.

Vertaal deur Joubert en Spies (1984) as krabbel of uilskuiken, soos in “Die bleddie uilskuiken sit heeldag en sinnelose krabbels maak.” Sien ook dawdle, of tydmors. Hoe dit ook al sy, alle ooreenkomste met werklike karakters is toevallig.