"Out of our... lineage, minds will spring, that will reach back to us in our littleness to know us better than we know ourselves. A day will come, one day in the unending succession of days, when beings, beings who are now latent in our thoughts and hidden in our loins, shall stand upon this earth as one stands upon a footstool, and shall laugh and reach out their hands amidst the stars."

Colin George Garvie was born the15th June 1946 in Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. His father, Arthur George Garvie was of Scottish and German descent. His mother, Cornelia Elizabeth Koch was of German and Dutch descent. He is married to Sylvia Adam, born in Nigeria, and has three children: Heather, Charmaine and Andrew. His grandchildren are: Simon-Kai, Dane, Rhys, Jordan, Michael, Nicole, and Ashley.

Colin grew up in the old Eastern Transvaal on the 'Golden Escarpment' at Bourke's Luck and Pilgrims Rest , the land of 'Jock of the Bushveld'. He attended Potchefstroom High School for Boys (1960-1964) where he matriculated.

He was then trained and employed by the National Institute of Telecommunications Research of the CSIR at the Hartebeeshoek Deep Space Tracking Facility (DSIF-51) as a Computer Technician. He obtained his National Technicians Diploma in Space Communications from the Witwatersrand Technical College. His Amateur Radio Call Sign is ZR5ADZ. In 1972 Shortly before the closure of the Tracking Station he entered the Methodist Ministry.

Colin served as an ordained minister of the Methodist Church of Southern Africa stationed at the Methodist Connexional Office (MCO) in Durban, South Africa until his resignation in 2007. He obtained his BTh degree from Rhodes University, Grahamstown. He  served congregations in Walvis Bay, Bedfordview, Pretoria and Nigel. At the MCO he was engaged in software development and data processing. He is now in retirement.

In his retirement Colin is still actively involved in programming. He is a free-lance Clarion database programmer. He worships at the Durban North Methodist Church. He is a member of the University of the Third Age (U3A) and the Genealogical Society of SA. His interests includes theology, cosmology, genealogy,  Jungian psychology, amateur radio, and stamp collecting.