What the eye can’t see, the heart don’t fret about.
A few mornings ago, seeing as summer was on the way, I decided to shave my legs. I only had a couple of disposable razors to hand, and they’d been…
View ArticleAnd I love the rain ….
It has been raining today. My little office is at the back of the house, in the extension – which has a tin roof. All day I have been listening to the water grow stronger and then wane. Pouring down so...
View ArticleWhen wide is better than long …
Sofamother told me an anecdote about retirees that stuck. The priest at their church in Johannesburg had spent years working with seniors. He would visit his elderly parishioners in a retirement…
View ArticleThought for the week…#120
Isn’t it funny how day by day nothing changes but when you look back everything is different… C. S. Lewis
View ArticleLet me tell you what I want, what I really, really, want ….
The other day over dinner my friend J said: “The more time I spend in hotel rooms, the less I want to have to take care of at home.” She…
View ArticleLet me ask you this – what do you want to do with your life?
“What do you desire? What makes you itch? What sort of a situation would you like?” I was scrolling though Facebook this morning when a man asked me this question.…
View ArticleThought for the week ..#148
“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.” – Aesop
View ArticleI’m too old for this – and why that’s a good thing.
It’s the end of a long day and I have just poured myself a gin and tonic. Because I’ve earned it. But, given where I started out this morning –…
View ArticleThe beauty in burnt bridges.
I burned my left hand this weekend, on the knuckle of my middle finger. The skin scorched away in a split second – I could see right through to the cartilage underneath.…
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