Crawling is the Journey
There is something about old hymns. Nobody likes singing them. With so many new and trendy music to sing, who in their right mind would want to sing: “When upon life’s billows you are tempest tossed, when you are discouraged , think all is lost, count your many blessings, name them one by one.” And […]
When someone is referred to as a Doubting Thomas, it means that that person is seen as being a sceptic, who refuses to believe without direct personal experience. Such a person is described as an incredulous or habitually doubtful person. None of us want to be put into such a horrible box. We are not […]
Swans are the Central Park relatives of ducks and geese. They are the Montessori cousins. The Diana to Fergie. The Kate to Megan. The ones that grew up drinking freshly squeezed juice, when we were gulping Oros. They had little cartons of chocolate milk in their lunch boxes, and cellophane packets of carrot sticks and […]
Our oldest son started school in the year 2000. One week into the school year, there was a parent teacher meeting, and each parent had to sit on their child’s seat in class. There I was, crouching on a very small blue chair, behind a half-sized desk. It is a good thing that I was […]
The title of this post, is the opening lines of the film: Out of Africa. The film starred a rather young Meryl Streep (who has turned into a noble vintage with age) and Robert Redford, (who should have stayed forever young, and is now only to be used in Gluhwein.) She was speaking about The […]
The furry members of our family have not been too well. Despite the fact that their humans would like to think that they live in an animal Utopia, things could not be further from the truth. Domino usually takes preference when it comes to raising his issues. You all know by now, that he has […]
Joni Mitchell sang the song: Both Sides Now. It is one of those hauntingly beautiful songs, with such delicate lyrics sung to a stirring tune. It plucks at your heart strings. It gives you a lump in your throat. It makes you miss someone you have yet to meet. It makes you long for a […]
A very common question at a job interview is always: what your strengths and weaknesses are. I was well into my 40’s when I went for a job interview once and got asked the question. At the risk of sounding arrogant, I did answer that if by the age of 40-something, I had not turned […]
Each one of us, has a favourite proverb or saying. My mother’s favourite line is: am I right, or am I wrong? This is accompanied by a defiant expression on her face, which comes with a warning: you better admit I am right. Even when she is wrong. Poor old Pat is more resigned. His […]
Go on. Indulge me, It is a long time since I started a Cape Crawl with a reference to a song. Pink Floyd recorded the song: Another Brick in the Wall. The song was released in 1980. And at the time, the South African government, felt that our sensitive natures could be offended by the […]