When Mum’s cat died we were dreadfully sad. He was eighteen years old and was much loved. Then the most amazing thing began to happen. The birds came back to…
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Sisterhood!
“Bible Study” is an inappropriate name for the weekly meetings I attend. That term somehow seems to suggest a serious theological survey of the Bible. “Bible Study” implies that we…
Read MoreHeaven’s Creatures!
For eight years, Pandora was the love of my life. Pandora, the yellow, rosy cheeked cockatiel, lived with me in Durban. ‘Oh yes, Gaynor’s bird,’ you are thinking. Yes, she…
Read MoreFreedom!
27th April is Freedom Day in South Africa! It celebrates freedom and commemorates the first post-apartheid elections held on that day in 1994. They were the first national elections in…
Read MorePersian Love Affair!
“We’ll be Friends Forever, won’t we, Pooh?’ asked Piglet. Even longer,’ Pooh answered.” ― A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh It’s a cloudy, grey day in George. I am sitting snugly inside. The…
Read MorePardon!
I remember as a child being shut in my room and being told: “You can stay there until you are prepared to come out and say you…
Read MoreThe Loved One!
PJ Powers is one of the biggest singing sensations in South Africa. I met Penelope twenty four years ago, just after my accident. Let…
Read MoreRainbow, the Bridge & the Stick!
The Swallows are leaving. B and John are Swallows. In other words, they spend six months here in South Africa and six months in…
Read MoreGet a grip!?
That’s the thing about depression: A human being can survive almost anything, as long as she sees the end in sight. But depression is so insidious, and it compounds daily,…
Read MoreDispelling the Myth!
His heart was beating fast. Doem! Doem! Doem! Why did it always feel as if it was beating through his ears, he wondered? Doem! Doem! Doem! At…
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