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 […]
19 April 2024
It was a perfect day to travel from White River to Johannesburg. Five of us were off to the theatre in the big city, and there […]
15 April 2024
Ants. There are ants everywhere. Tiny pinprick ants, sugar ants, stocky black ants dogmatically marching in unexpected places, and the big black ants who love to […]
22 March 2024
It was a testing week. Started hard and fast, continued at a smart pace with surmountable obstacles, until Thursday when tragedy struck. A young friend was […]
10 February 2024
I was in the land of my birth, a beautiful kingdom somewhere in the lower east corner of Africa, formerly Swaziland, now known as Eswatini, for […]
20 January 2024
I am part of a geriatric exercise group – Monday to Friday we manipulate our aging bodies into various poses and actions to ensure the joints […]
12 January 2024
Old habits die hard! Here I am at the end of a second week, with bits and pieces of writing, but none coherent enough for publishing. […]
29 December 2023
I learnt a new word today – Pete Greig’s writing in Lectio 365 speaks of ‘these strange, liminal days between Christmas and New Year’. I so […]
23 December 2023
It is beginning to feel like Christmas. At last, we appear to have moved away from the fear and ugly of Covid 19 and are slowly […]
18 December 2023
I could write a dissertation on procrastination. Scrolling through Instagram or Facebook I come across experts proclaiming what time-wasting is and isn’t and wonder how people […]
16 December 2023
Please help me understand a lot of the rhetoric that is currently flying around the globe, the most popular being “From the river to the sea […]
27 November 2023
“Whoever is not for Me is against Me, who whoever does not gather with Me, scatters.” Luke 11 v 23 Again “… whoever denies Me before […]
9 September 2023
This past week I have taken part in an internet freebie hosted by an artist I really like, Louise Fletcher, called Find Your Joy. It was […]
31 July 2023
I live in a small town in the eastern lowland, or Lowveld as it is called here, of South Africa. It is a pretty town that […]
24 July 2023
I like to play Solitaire. It is a mindless activity that allows my thoughts to wander at will and, truthfully, it is a great way to […]
15 May 2023
My favourite book of all time is A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. The first line for starters: It was the best of times, […]