Crawling is the Journey
Three years ago, when our journey started, Colin and I set out to build OUR house. What do you have in mind, Colin asked. Now, that coming from Colin is a bit of a loaded question. Like really? How am I supposed to know what can be built on an impossible mountain erf with no […]
Because it is an exceptionally long story, even for someone that likes telling stories, I am not going to be telling you all the story that resulted in the number 117. I will give it to you briefly, though. Some years ago, Colin and I attended a course, and as part of it, we had […]
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 […]
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 […]
I have a good idea, Colin said to me Monday morning. You can call your next Cape Crawl: A River Runs Through It. Have you ever experienced that moment, when you do not need a mirror image or a photo to know what your expression looks like. In fact, you can feeeel it, and you […]
Benjamin Eisenstadt first came up with the idea of packing sugar into small disposable packets. Apparently, one day, while having tea with his wife at a cafeteria, this idea came to him, as he became annoyed at the idea of the sugar dispenser’s hole getting clogged up. Sadly, he never patented his idea, and it […]
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 […]
This week it will be 4 years since the inception of our Exit Plan. This is the plan that was concocted up in that week when Colin and I decided to have a short mid-winter get away. Now, this was quite a milestone for us. It was our first holiday, on our own since our […]
It is like falling off a bicycle, they say. Or a horse. I suppose it depends which century you were born in. You are supposed to just get right up and get back on the bicycle (or horse) and carry on. Claude Pepper said: Life is like riding a bicycle. You don’t fall off unless […]
Shoes, although there to protect your feet, have a long history. Shoes can be a fashion statement. They can also be there for comfort, protection, and work. But shoes must be appropriate. You can’t climb a mountain in flip flops or ride a horse in stilettos. Having said that, high heels were initially created for […]