You may have noticed a new tab on my blog. It reflects my life at the moment. EVENTS. My brain is creating things to do and because I cannot go anywhere far, I am staying…
It is hot and I do not feel like cooking. I am craving crisp lettuce, fresh salad and juicy sweet tomatoes. I feel hot and bothered and I want something to cool down my body…
Sometimes I wonder if I misjudge the point of it all. The things we are asked to do for our own good, I often wonder who has the bag full of easy options. Is it…
I have always been accused of talking too much, maybe it is because I have so much to say, and dare I say it, love to be annoying. I do not care anymore, and if…
Listen to this article in audio. After months on lockdown and restricted gatherings, there is a social need to blow away the cobwebs in your brain, a need I have found frustrating to the point…
It starts innocently with an institution, a grouping together of human beings. We look for leadership and allow power to corrupt. We become members – friends – comrades – a team – a nation. Then…
Too tired to read? Listen to this article in audio. French morning sunrise, clutching a white china cup of boiled lemon water, I perch sleepily on the step, overlooking my purple garden. The soft hum…
I love a great salad, don’t you? especially now we have all become so creative, so different from the salads my mother used to serve up. A limp piece of lettuce, some sliced tomato, and…
My busy day had left me feeling exhausted. It was time to pick up my kids from school. I looked at the group of busy chattering mums at the school gate and I did not…
“Get a bike.” he said Fat Chance, were the words that went through my mind. My doctor had just pushed my X-rays across his desk pointing, osteoarthritis he announced, Get a bike he repeated and…