Crawling is the Journey
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 […]
I am still taking a bit of a break from my everyday every things. Unfortunately, I do find myself a bit out of sorts, as I am not used to doing very little. You know what they say, if you want something done, ask a busy woman. I am a busy woman and I get […]
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 – […]
Charles Dickens starts off A Tale of Two Cities, by saying it was the best of times, it was the worst of times. The Tremeloes, after very many La La La La’s tell us that even the bad times are good. And I agree, we are currently experiencing the best of times, and the worst […]
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 […]
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 […]