Crawling is the Journey
A bit of trivia for you on cats. Cats are believed to be the only mammals that don’t taste sweetness. Cats are nearsighted and they have 18 toes, five on each front paw, and 4 on each back foot. Unless your name is Domino. Then you only have 14 toes. They can jump up to […]
Change, adjustment, advance, development, diversity, innovation…. call it what you like. Many years ago, when Colin and I met in Botswana, I was quite the yuppie. My image was very important, and I took care to maintain it. I had very short, very red hair. I wore classic Grace Kelly style polo neck tops in […]
Adulting is described as behaving in a way characteristic of a responsible adult, especially the accomplishment of mundane but necessary tasks. Millennials coined this term. To them, it means paying the bills, keeping the house clean and keeping a job. All those things their parents used to do for them, and they took for granted. […]
Isn’t it funny, how sometimes one could be doing something completely random, and then out of nowhere, a memory of the past pops into your head. No problem with that at all, if it is a good or pleasant memory. That is one of the benefits of being a mother. You can randomly remember chubby […]
Hout Bay is one of those dorpies. Somehow it is not quite what it seems. It reminds me a bit of that long-awaited heir that is born. The Crawly -Smiths will claim that he has Grandpapa’s high forehead, and the Dr. & Mrs. Wilson Stevens will snugly comment on his intelligent little eyes. And then, […]
The world goes round the sun in a regular rhythm year after year, and life goes on but not in a regular rhythm or beat. There comes a time for many during that life to take stock and ponder all sorts of things, often going down rabbit holes or getting hold of bones that one […]
One of our neighbours came up to me a few days ago. Is everything fine with Domino, she asked. Of course, I said. He is as demanding as ever when it comes to mealtimes. Later the same day, another neighbour. I saw Domino earlier; he looked a bit strange, she said. He would not let […]
It is getting to that time of the year. Silly season. That time when retailers convince us that it’s the most wonderful time of the year. It is that time of year when you need to spend more money in a month, than you would normally spend in a year. Most often, you end up […]
If you are a human, 2010 was a very good year to be a South African. If you are a penguin, every day is a good day, but last Saturday was an even better day. So, let me start with 2010. That was the year that South Africa hosted the Soccer World Cup. Us South […]
We had a weekend of picnics! Saturday had us waking up, thinking it a good day to go out and do something. I reminded Colin, when we first came down here, we filled our weekends with new experiences. I fancied walking out on the long pier at Hermanus New Harbour. It is such a cheat […]