Crawling is the Journey
Colin and I came across a display of cool drink bottles in a shop in dusty little Caledon. And yes, it became a Kodak moment. O, I just have to get a photo of this, Colin said. The drinks on display is a “generic” version of the real thing, but it made me think, of […]
You make my heart sing! You make everything groovy. Wild thing! Ok, you ask, what happened? Let me tell you. Driving along the other day, Colin was saying that I really need to stop writing so much about sheep and cattle. Do you want people to believe that we live rather rural? That we are […]
In case you have not noticed, I love music. However, as with mankind, not all music is equal. For no specific reason at all, I do not like Whitney Houston. It is just something about her music. It has me changing radio stations. I would rather sit through twenty-five minutes of Mongolian Throat Singing, than […]
Funny how one can remember random things you learnt at school. I remember snatches of things like the opening scene of Macbeth, the one where the three witches are discussing meeting again. The play is about the damaging physical and phycological effects that political ambition can have on those that seek power. Now, that does […]
There is nothing easy about planting. This I can tell you. I have for the past month been witness to a planting frenzy. I do not know what they are planting. I have been told everything from Canola to Wheat and Barley. But from where I am standing, (or sitting, or driving) they are planting […]
A.A. Milne, created the characters of Winnie the Pooh, and his friends. One of these many friends included Eeyore. In a funny sort of way, Eeyore is my best character. Eeyore is not a happy chap at the best of times. Some people even believe that Eeyore suffered from depression and dysthymia disorder. This was […]
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 […]
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 […]