My Thoughts

9 May 2025

Lone and Level Sands

I wonder how long it will be before the world, and Americans, understand that Donald Trump means every word he says. Behind the bluster and buffoonery, […]
5 April 2025

Then and Now

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

All God’s Chillun

‘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

Fabulous February

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

By Their Fruits

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

Lift Off!

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 […]
31 December 2024

Life as a Prize

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 […]
16 November 2024

The Apprentice Protocol

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

Beside Still Waters

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

A Place of Sanctuary

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

Realms of Power

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

Women’s Day au naturel

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

My Jesus

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

O Foolish Galatians!

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

Proof, please!

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

Jumbo Tales

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

Call It Well!

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

The F-Word

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 […]
27 April 2024

A Season of Uncoupling

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

My Patch of Earth

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 […]