Crawling is the Journey
What does Queen Elizabeth and Freddy Mercury have in common, apart from both being Queens, that is? Actually, quite a bit. Both have had to navigate around complex relationships at some point. Freddy Mercury chose the song Bohemian Rhapsody as his platform to “come out” as gay. This was his “spill the beans” song. Poor […]
I am an addict. I am addicted to chocolate, cappuccino, cheesecake and, thanks to Eskom and load shedding: TED Talks. You see, they (Ted Talks) are quick to download on YouTube, and the talks are generally not too long (so you can even sit through a bad one), and invariably, interesting. Topics can range from […]
Herman Charles Bosman, one of my absolute favourite authors, wrote stories based on a character called Oom Schalk Lourens. Mr. Bosman (the author) was sent to the Marico district as a teacher back in 1926. His character, Oom Schalk on the other hand, was a farmer and he originally came from what was then the […]
“I am what I am I don’t want praise I don’t want pity I bang my own drum Some think it’s noise I think It’s pretty” Gloria Gaynor belted out these lyrics. The song was released in 1984, but I only truly discovered it in 1987. This was at a time when I felt that […]