What do you say to a dying friend who tells you she’s frightened? Do you mine the depths of avoidance and distraction, or do you front up with respect and love in the hope of providing some solace, providing […]
Her words of wisdom still guide me today. One of the most notable was the following:
“Before going out anywhere make sure your nipples are aligned.”
Thank you, Mrs Marais!
I know it’s not funny for all those who have breastfed! But when you […]
If it’s anything like my exercising and healthy eating goals, I won’t stand a chance.
But I’ve committed myself to churn out 2,000 words a day on my new book, “Sophia,” which I started in December last year. So far, I am up to 44,000 words. YES, you’re right. I don’t have a life! I need around […]
New Year, New Dare!
That stuff is all done and dusted, it’s sentenced to a fixed way of being, and there’s nothing much you can do about it. Some self-help proponents advise apologising to those you have wronged. I’ve tried it. It works sometimes …
But if you’re into letting go and moving forward, you often don’t need to pick the scab off some failure […]
She leaned down towards me.
‘What is it darling?’ she smiled, a smudge of cake flour across her rosy cheek.
‘Can I have a turn?’
‘Of course,’ she scooped me up into her strong arms, holding me over the earthenware bowl. Rich smells of cinnamon, all spice, raisins and orange peel, saturated my senses. I involuntarily […]
Two policemen trussed-up in navy-blue uniforms with brass buttons glinting in the early morning light growled at me. The one with a ratty moustache introduced himself. I was in shock and didn’t quite catch the name but the second, shorter and bald, barked, ‘Constable Higgins!’
Where the hell was my husband? […]
I should know. I live in a bird house. A grapevine on our deck is home to 30 nesting birds. That means my home reverberates with noise from birds, their kids refusing to fly the coop and […]
I swam in the early morning half-light with the shoreline behind me, and began body surfing back towards the beach through the calm, even-tempered waves.
On the fourth swim out, in the direction of the […]
You know the drill. I unwisely thought I’d make an attempt to get into the Christmas spirit because I’ve resisted the indoor tree this year.
Do you like my sexy white zinc’d schnoz in keeping with the […]
Police are called out every three minutes to deal with a family violence in New Zealand and they deal with over 100,000 cases of domestic violence a year. Assistant Police Commissioner for Harm Prevention, Sandra Venerables discussed the complexities of family violence on TV3 today. She explained there had been an […]
