A while back, I was contacted by my agent and asked if I was available to give my Inspirational Speech up in Johannesburg. It would mean flying to Johannesburg the…
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Freedom!
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 More“He who SMILES while crushing YOU!”
Zuma’s middle name is “Gedleyihlekisa” which means: “He who smiles while crushing you.” Indeed, he certainly seems to be smiling while crushing the life out of…
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 MoreLonely Heart!
This story that I am about to tell you is Pre-Cochlear Implant era. Before I was given my “hearing” back! I realised with a shock that I had…
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Just Joan!
“Misty, water coloured memories of the way we were…..” Memories. That is how a person lives on once they have left this…
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One day at a time!
“The best thing about the future is that is comes one day at a time” Abraham Lincoln **** One of my Facebook ‘friends’ recently wrote a…
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Souper!
I have never been one for big New Years Eve parties. Crowds of people, loud music, then standing there with a group of people who you don’t…
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