I have a serious illness and I have done a self-diagnosis. I suffer from Opinion Fatigue. It is mainly caused by the awesome people I follow on twitter and the media. Just recently we had the Big Race Debacle of … Continue reading
As I had so much spare time (snort) over the weekend, I spent some of it on twitter and found a link to something completely unrelated that landed me on this blog. Amongst the posts was a post about keeping … Continue reading
I am about to break a couple of my own unwritten blog rules. 1. I am about to potentially sound like a SMP (Smug Married Person) and 2. I am about to admit to having a fight argument disagreement with … Continue reading
Etienne turned 40 on 18 February and I wanted to make it a really special day for him so I had a couple of tricks up my sleeve. Expensive gifts were not an option so I opted to shower him … Continue reading
I’m starting to intensely dislike this whole Festive Season thing. Over the last few years I have come to the conclusion that people do terrible things to each other at this time of year. Couples break up, people commit suicide, … Continue reading
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We went off to Greyton this past weeked with some of Etienne’s colleagues and had an awesome time. I fell in love with Greyton. We stayed on a farm called Oewerzicht and even the mountains felt inviting. 1. It’s like … Continue reading
I am Afrikaans. It’s not something I hide, but after so many years of reading/working in English I find myself battling to do business communication in Afrikaans. For my generation which grew up during the last days of Apartheid I live … Continue reading
I don’t regard myself as an activist and activism is certainly not the purpose of my blog, but when I came across the Plain Language Blogger competition (you can also visit their site) I thought it was a great opportunity to get some things … Continue reading
If you grew up in a middle-class household in South Africa you would be familiar with the idea of Mothers sending their children to rural areas to be raised by Aunts/Grannies/Extended Families. This doesn’t happen because they are bad Mothers … Continue reading
I was interviewing someone today and caught a glimpse of her cheekbone and something kept nagging at me. I then looked in her eyes and noticed the eye on the side of the eye-catching cheekbone looked smaller than the other … Continue reading
