Crawling is the Journey
I came upon a provocative headline today on News 24. One of those that made me sit and think. I was unable to read the article, as I am not a subscriber, but the heading was enough to get my cogs turning. It simply said: Our collective resilience will get us up tomorrow, but today […]
John Steinbeck authored the book: Of Mice and Men. First published in 1937, it narrates the experiences of 2 displaced migrant ranch workers who move from place to place in search of new opportunities during the Great Depression. It was considered to be a vulgar read, full of offensive language and seen as promoting euthanasia. […]
Traditional “hard” ice cream has been around since the 1600’s. Soft serve was only invented as recently as 1938, by a chap with a good Scottish name: McCullough & Son. A few interesting trivia about soft serve is that 70% of people prefer it to hard ice cream. It takes around 50 licks to eat […]
Neil Diamond sings in Canta Libre: I got music runnin’ in my head, and that is the only way I can describe my mind. It is filled with music. Unfortunately, music did not quite travel to my fingers or vocal cords, and as such I am not a musician, but give me the first word […]
We all know those scenes in a series or movie: the impeccably groomed woman, coming home after a day’s work. She walks in, drops her handbag on the way to the kitchen. In the kitchen she reaches into the fridge and pulls out a bottle of ice cold white wine. She pours herself a glass […]
