Category: life

• Being Human

  Feb 6

  Yesterday I had a truly beautiful interaction. I borrowed a friend’s gardener because my lawnmower broke and even though my temporary home only sports a postage-stamp lawn, it still needs… more ›

• the F word

  Nov 28

  Birds do it, bees do it, even educated fleas do it. Or maybe they don’t. I’ve never actually heard a bird fart. In all my years of writing about health… more ›

• the bear necessities of life

  Sep 29

  Some years ago, I was sitting in a flower bed at 2am with a dear friend of mine. We were somewhat worse for wear and attempting to star gaze. I… more ›

• i am woman

  Jul 2

  The words of songstress Helen Reddy, ‘I am woman hear me roar . . .’, got women off their seats and roaring in the 1970s. Her words have fuelled women… more ›

• step into the light

  Jun 29

  For most of my career I’ve been happy to stand in the shadows. I know the value of my work and have been happy to mentor, teach, edit, uplift and… more ›

• the last mistress [a short story]

  May 25

  She was reading a book. The sun shining through the shop window picked up the red tones of her strawberry blonde curls, forming a messy halo. With one foot up… more ›

• are you conscious?

  May 20

  Become a conscious being and then become a conscientious objector to the bullshit of the ‘right-ness’ that’s served to each and every one of us on a daily basis. more ›

• clowns to the left of me

  Apr 22

  There’s an abundance of escaped circus performers flooding the streets of Jozi at the moment. Just what can they teach us about love? We certainly have the best traffic light… more ›

• byte me

  Feb 25

  Like many of my contemporaries, I’m on a diet right now. The diet is based on the one popularised by an obese undertaker in 1863 (William Banting). After getting advice… more ›

• ghost in the machine

  Feb 23

  Almost everyone wants to write a book someday. Most people just don’t do it. There are many reasons for the lack of follow-through; one of them is time. This is… more ›