2012-07-23 20:08
I now have a new official writing site. Please visit me at www.alrite.meI do not think I will not be writing this blog again - all my new writing will be on the "Alrite" site.Thanks for all… Read More
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2011-12-02 10:38
I have just been given a bag of freshly picked organic sweet basil. It smells like summer. The first basil culinary delight we indulged in was a Caprese salad. Tomatoes and basil, the perfec… Read More
2011-11-19 08:09
I have just been on a long bus ride.I rode one way by day and one way by night.Part of me had been looking forward to it, the reward being friends waiting on the other side. The other part o… Read More
2011-10-28 05:32
I have always loved history.In fact, I loved it so much that I chose it as a third 'learning' subject for matric – and the truth was, of cause, far from the history books of South Afri… Read More
2011-10-21 11:17
My daughter is going on a camp this weekend. L and I don't think it sounds like a lot of fun - more like an army boot camp. She's looking forward to it, it's her first Karate Camp or Gasshuk… Read More
2011-10-14 05:23
We heard a helicopter first and L and I ventured out onto our wide white verandah. The helicopter whirled close, with a cameraman leaning out and forward. We know him as a friend and thought… Read More
2011-10-07 06:24
Sometimes weeks of my life run to a theme, some thought that dominates, some idea that pops up again and again. I don't choose it particularly. It chooses me.Lately its been Names.Not that n… Read More
2011-10-01 07:10
I grew up with a mother who was constantly on one sort of diet or another. The Grapefruit Diet, the Drinking Mans Diet, The Egg Diet, Weight Watchers and Weigh Less...She did them all.Now in… Read More
2011-09-24 16:30
In some ways this is the worst time of year.Waiting for Summer.I took my daughter shopping on Saturday. I had noticed that she was looking particularly bedraggled. It was probably not really… Read More
2011-09-08 15:21
One day this week I helped out in a soup kitchen. The kind folk here at the Methodist Church in Knysna dispense containers of soup to over a hundred hungry people, every Tuesday and Thu… Read More
2011-09-02 06:40
The Ballet came to Knysna.An old friend bought me and my daughter each a ticket. Turned out she bought a load of tickets and on the day we all followed her, splendid as she is with grey plai… Read More
2011-08-25 19:30
Last night we ordered takeaway pizza.We wanted to treat our children, and so, while they tucked in I watched them, and realized that pizza has always been part of their lives, something they… Read More
2011-08-18 18:31
Its been the time of fevers in our house for the last couple of weeks. No doubt its linked to the time of year, a new school, new viruses.I took my thirteen year old daughter into my b… Read More
2011-07-28 19:32
I read an explanation of the word SHALOM once. It was, 'nothing broken, nothing missing.'I always remember that, when interpreting it the more common way, Peace.I watched 'Eat, Pray , Love,'… Read More
2011-07-21 15:18
I have been away from home for a long time. Five weeks. To me, that is a long time. Long enough that when I opened the door of my home and walked inside, and sniffed the air, it smelle… Read More
2011-07-01 17:40
I wrote a book a while ago. I haven't done anything with it since I wrote it. I wasn't sure why until I met with a writer/editor friend the other day.I met her in a cosy restaurant on the ed… Read More
2011-06-24 08:36
It seemed like I waited forever. That's the thing about waiting. It feels like that. Like forever.I learnt a thing or two while I was doing it though:1. Waiting is stressful2. Waiting is bor… Read More
2011-05-27 17:13
I can't make up my mind whether I like Winter, or not.I think it depends on the duration. And the depth of cold.England was too much of both. So was the Langkloof - and with no central heati… Read More
2011-05-19 14:07
Some people tell naughty children that the police will come and get them, if they are not good. No one ever told me that. But I heard it. I still do.Good cop, bad cop has become an acc… Read More
2011-05-14 07:17
This morning I woke up thinking I had heard my Mothers voice. I experienced a moment of confusion, like when a dream crosses over into reality and voices escape from inside to outside, for a… Read More
2011-05-06 11:08
Of cause I watched the wedding.There were many complaints from those who claim to be anti- Royal, and some whinging on about money being wasted and how inappropriate it all is in this… Read More
2011-04-29 18:43
Its a long time since I have done a dot to dot puzzle. I was always rather fond of them and used them to teach my children how to count. They are such a good marriage of right and left brain… Read More
2011-04-21 10:39
My son just turned seventeen.As always, for me, a birthday brings with it a bittersweetness, especially when it is one of your children, getting older, moving on.And now, its strangely winte… Read More
2011-04-14 05:08
Timing is everything.I sms'ed that to a friend the other day, and I've been thinking about it ever since.I remember a film I saw once, with Gwyneth Paltrow, called Sliding Doors. Basically… Read More
2011-04-08 06:07
I have just returned from being on retreat.The retreat was held in a secluded place in the country. A silent, hidden place amidst mountains, with a stream, trees and an overgrown pathway to… Read More
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