5 April 2025
Back in November last year, after the American’s voted for Trump, I joined a group of international women writers to express how we felt about the […]
2 April 2025
‘Evening, Glenda, in one short sentence, how would you comment on Sipho’s War?’ ‘I have mixed reactions to the title!’ I looked at this message for […]
3 March 2025
February was a crazy month and one that blew my socks off! Two highly successful launches were held for Sipho’s War, one in White River, one […]
15 February 2025
I am someone who can be dogmatic in my beliefs and I am constantly seeking the Lord for help in tempering my discourse, so this probably […]
11 February 2025
We say in Africa that it takes a village to raise a child – I will add to this and say it takes a community to […]
18 January 2025
What a learning curve the past few months have been! It is weird that one spends so many years, so many hours trying to get published, […]
31 December 2024
I find it hard to realise a quarter of a century has passed since the millennium buzz that had most of the world believing the planet […]
23 December 2024
She couldn’t gauge his mood from the set of his shoulders. He hadn’t said much since it happened. The quiet seriousness of his demeanour when he […]
16 November 2024
Wherever possible, Saturdays are quiet, the day I take things easy, spend true quiet time with my Lord, bible in hand, and just be as I […]
2 November 2024
This imagery when presented to me resonated deep within my soul. This could be the title of a book, or maybe a poem. It came to […]
31 October 2024
The small carcass of a bushbuck lay defencelessly in an open glade. Some twenty metres away, blended into dry bush, a leopard groomed her cub. A […]
19 October 2024
Nowhere in the Bible does it advocate for a Christian government. Nowhere. Starting with John 18 verse 36: Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this […]
19 August 2024
The videos began early Tuesday morning on the SANParks Facebook pages: two lionesses with an impala they’d killed on the green that adjoins the restaurant at […]
16 August 2024
When I was at school many decades ago, we all had nicknames. They were carefully thought out, affectionate and funny. Seldom cruel. I was stick thin, […]
31 July 2024
I had ninety percent decided not to write anything about the hoo-hah hullaballoo that went on about the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics, but here […]
19 July 2024
I am known as someone who has ‘faith’ – I am a Christian, have been since 1979, and I implicitly believe that what the Bible says […]
6 July 2024
Elephant stories abound for those of us fortunate enough to live close to the Kruger National Park and other Safari lodges. Videos of vehicles beating undignified […]
24 May 2024
I am working on a novel that has been some forty years in the making. Scary that it has rattled around inside me for almost half […]
6 May 2024
Anything used beyond the bounds of moderation becomes mundane, and gross overuse is downright irritating, possibly offensive. All writing coaches admonish their charges constantly to avoid […]
29 April 2024
I have had a confusing, and scary, couple of weeks, as we all do at times, so I was happy to have a weekend where I […]
27 April 2024
The young duiker was running erratically, its head going to ground every few meters, sniffing the grass, then taking off again. Earlier in the day I […]
22 April 2024
We have had a particularly wet summer – the wettest I remember since moving here in 2017. The result is a garden gone mad, luxuriant, and […]