In November it will be five months since I packed up my Bo Kaap flat and moved to the heart of Suburbia. Hard to believe how quickly the time has passed, even if sometimes it feels like I have been here forever. Oddly enough, I don’t really miss the city much at all. My chemist, yes. My doctor, hell yes. Long Street, sometimes. Living on Second Avenue in Cottage Central (which is what I call my hood) is awesome. I …
Just over 6 years ago, I said goodbye to suburbia and hello to the City Bowl. In four weeks time, I will be heading back to the suburbs to live in the most gorgeous cottage ever. Crazy as it seems, this has all happened quite quickly. I have of course been making vague noises about getting out of a city flat and into a real home for as long as I can remember. But now it is actually happening. For …
About a month ago I made the move from BlackBerry to Android, with the help of the Samsung Galaxy S2 I chose for my upgrade. It took less than a minute for me to become an Android fan, and in those seconds I also got my gmail up and running. After a few weeks, I was so smitten that I decided to get the Galaxy Tab 10.1 too. Which may just be my favourite thing in the world right now. …
Darlings, I have started a new blog to compartmentalise my musings. My new blog is called The Quest for Zen, and is hosted on the Psych Central network. Being about stress, the mehs, finding balance and other zen related stuff, I thought it was the right place to host the blog. You can head on over to the new blog to check it out, and if you like that sort of thing, feel free to bookmark it or leave a …
So what with a brand new year starting and all, I decided it was time to get tattoo number 10. I’ve been toying with the idea of a tiny tattoo on my hand for a while, despite my initial ‘no hand ink’ rule. Inspiration struck out of the blue (as it does after the 4th or 5th one) on NYE day, when I was idly staring at the Thai numeral on my ankle (as one does). Today, I finally got …
Great white sharks. Those 3 words inspire a lot of feelings in most people. Fear being the biggest feeling. On Saturday I got into a small cage in Shark Alley, Gansbaai. I felt a lot of things, but fear was not one of them. Yes, there was the awe (even if there weren’t any massive ones around), but it was so much more than that. Yes, there was excitement too. The intense boat trip out to Shark Alley was enough …
I haven’t been this excitable on a Monday for ages, but it’s been a good one! Despite a lot of work to get through, and not the best sleep I have had lately, I woke up feeling full of beans. Actually, a dude from Absa Life woke me up to offer me a credit card insurance plan, and he soon had me in hysterics going through the various claiming limitations. A walk down to Kloof Street to do some lunchtime …
Part of what made Spartacus such an awesome show was not just the epic violence and mayhem, but also the character of Sparacus himself. Brave, loyal, heroic and strong, he was the ultimate warrior. When I heard today that lead actor Andy Whitfield had lost his battle to cancer, I couldn’t help thinking that he had done what few manage to achieve – he took his final bow with the role of a lifetime, which will forever entrench his legacy …
Spring is finally around the corner, and with a few days left of my much-needed time off, I am finally starting to feel my zen levels lifting. I adore spring – watching the trees start to get their new leaves, the mild weather, rain showers and enjoying the chance to wear bright colours does something to the soul somehow. For me, the picture above is the best way that I can describe the feeling that washes over me in September. …
T’was Grace that taught… my heart to fear. And Grace, my fears relieved. How precious did that Grace appear… the hour I first believed. On Monday last week, my maternal grandmother passed away. She was very old, and had been sick for a few weeks. She went peacefully and quietly, with my mother and her sister by her side. It was not the type of death that I have had experience with – no shocks, no pain, no accident, murder …
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