Crawling is the Journey
After the Cape Crawl I wrote last week, I decided to put my money where my mouth is. To walk the talk. I abandoned all and any ideas of a head band and made an appointment with the hairdresser. Nice and early, her first appointment, so I could get in and out, and still have […]
The number three. If you were to ask Aunty Google about this number, she will tell you that three is a natural number that comes after two, and before four. I sometimes wonder if some clever person out there is getting paid for telling us things that we all know. Really. It comes after two? […]
Isn’t it funny how one misses the things you are used to when you are no longer around them? Even the ones you do not like. Like viennas. Vienna sausages must surely be the most deliciously vile things you will ever come across. But ask a South African living abroad, and their shopping list will […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
In saying the writing is on the wall, the person would usually indicate that there are clear signs that a situation is going to become very difficult or unpleasant, or that it could even no longer exist. Writing on the wall is not good. You do not want to be told the writing is on […]
Recently, I was driving between Worcester and Grabow. My companion in the car marveled at the nartjie orchards we were driving past. The trees were heavily hung with fruit, which he pointed out. I too looked at the trees, but I said to him, I do not see nartjies, I see marmalade. We continued on, […]
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 […]