Random thoughts of a happy brain damaged ex actress… Me!
In the Little Karoo, while sitting in the Lazy Lizard Coffee Shop, on the back of the menu, I found this poem. It rather delighted me. I want to share it with you….. Karoo Wilderness A ribbon of treacle running north to south Flight of the eagle, squeak of the mouse, A hiccup of hills
“He remembers what the spiritual visionary, Wallace Black Elk, a Lakota said – man’s scratching of the earth causes diseases like cancer. He meant the mining and drilling for coal, gas, oil, uranium. The scratching brings up the things deep in the earth that should have stayed down there.” ― J.J. Brown, Brindle 24 We
A five year old boy sitting on a step, hugging a pair of new shoes. The look of sheer joy and enthralled delight on his face is breathtaking. This photograph is from “The Best of Life : 37 Years of Pictures.” I saw it when I was at university and it has remained etched in
I stared up at the massive painting in the kitchen. It was of a hyena. But this hyena was different. It seemed to have an odd kind of vulnerability to it. The Hyena is a very misunderstood creature, the artist, Peter Pharoah, believes. He always tries to paint the character of the animal or the
“Rhinos have an ancient, eternal beauty. With their massive bodies, clad in thick folds of prehistoric body armour topped by a magnificent scimitar horn, they fascinate like few other creatures……… In death, there was no trace of that beauty. The regal horn viciously hacked off with honed machetes, left the noble face crumpled and desecrated.
Wouldn’t you like to be a life saver? I would and I am hoping that I can! Let me tell you what I’m speaking about….. A couple of weeks ago, Debbie came round to lunch. She is relatively new in George and I am enjoying getting to know her. She is a bright, laughter filled
This is my one hundredth blog! I can’t believe it! My friend, ‘B’, had the idea of me creating this blog. “You have lots of writing which is just clogging up your computer. Get it out there and let people share it. And then you’ll find new things to write about. It’ll be great!” I
“But perhaps the most important lesson I learned is that there are no walls between humans and the elephants except those that we put up ourselves, and that until we allow not only elephants, but all living creatures their place in the sun, we can never be whole ourselves.” Lawrence Anthony, The Elephant Whisperer As
* *** “The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.” Mahatma Gandhi *** * I am just appalled by this! The NSPCA received horrifying footage depicting the cruel and abusive training methods employed to control and train baby and young elephants for their future,
“The answer is that we are not helpless in the face of our first impressions. They may bubble up from the unconscious – from behind a locked door inside of our brain – but just because something is outside of awareness doesn’t mean it’s outside of control.” Malcolm Gladwell, Blink: The Power of Thinking Without
