Crawling is the Journey
After the Cape Crawl I wrote last week, I decided to put my money where my mouth is. To walk the talk. I abandoned all and any ideas of a head band and made an appointment with the hairdresser. Nice and early, her first appointment, so I could get in and out, and still have […]
I believe the first recorded recipe book dates to 1700BC. It was discovered in Mesopotamia and consisted of four clay tablets. By 1300AD, recipe books were the norm for royalty and nobles. The 1390 publication of Forme of Cury (the Rules of Cookery) was published for King Richard II. Now, my source is not all […]
Do any of you remember Glenda Kemp? She was that Boeremeisie, turned Vixen, who dared to remove not only her bikini top, but also the bikini bottom – ever so inappropriately, and then to add shock to horror, she danced with ‘n Luislang (Python), draped around her neck. Shame, poor Glenda. As a young girl […]
Isn’t it funny how one misses the things you are used to when you are no longer around them? Even the ones you do not like. Like viennas. Vienna sausages must surely be the most deliciously vile things you will ever come across. But ask a South African living abroad, and their shopping list will […]
Chris de Burgh always has been one of my favourite song mates. Apart from one song, which I will get to, there is probably not a song of his I do not like. It is not just his music. To me, it was that at a time when people were singing about Love Train and […]
A-ha, that oh so well know band from the 1980’s sang the song Crying in the Rain. It is a song about love-sickness. It is about finding a way to get over a breakup. I have been doing my fair share of crying in the rain this past week. No, I am not lovesick and […]
Sometimes it hits me like a bucket of water just how fortunate I have been. I truly over the years have crossed paths with some of the most amazing people. I may not have realized it at the time, but trust me, if you were one of those who crossed my path: hindsight has made […]
Love. That intense feeling of deep affection. That feeling of just wanting to spend every moment with the object of your fascination. Finding ways of casually slipping their name into every conversation. They are just there: always, and in every thought. Spending hours fretting over whether that person feels the same way you do – […]
Fire. I had to move to the Western Cape to appreciate what a real fire is. You know the ones you see on TV, where they are just so long, burning so high and with such ferocity that Fire Fighters can’t get close to them? The Western Cape is notorious for fires. The local government […]
A rose by any other name would smell as sweet. This quote by Shakespeare (who I will get back to later, that being Shakespeare, not the quote), apparently has important meaning which applies to everyday life of all humans. The quote translates into a name is just a label to distinguish one thing from another […]