My parents ‘had a farm in Africa at the foot of the….’ Outeniqua Mountains! I look at photographs from that time and I smile. These were city people who began…
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A little bit Wonki!
In the past, on every girls wedding present list was a famed dinner service – Wedgwood, Crown Derby, Minton, to name but a few. This treasured wedding present was then…
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Bus Charades!
At long last the buses have arrived in George! Due to a nasty fall, when her femur was fractured, my Mum is still unable to drive. My friend, B, has…
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Shock Boxes!
If it wasn’t for Bart Fouche I wouldn’t be alive! As the understudy in Camelot, I was called upon to take over the role of Guinevere without a dress or a…
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Reconnections!
Why is it that no matter how old we are, we still refer to our teachers by their surname?! Thirty-five years after leaving my school, Brescia House, I met up…
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And the seagull’s name was…….
A long time ago in ’67 A little boy was roaming on the beach, When all of a sudden he heard a plaintive cry, So near yet so far out…
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Options……….
“Above all, be the heroine of your life, not the victim.” Nora Ephron I love buying people presents. It is buying cards that I really dislike. It is a miserable…
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The Rainmaker!
Twitter. This is how this wonderful experience began: with a Tweet! I love and adore the twitter of birds. But the Twitter of our social media definitely has it’s advantages.…
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Childs Play!
“Where are you kids off to?” “We’re going over to the O’Reagan’s” I shouted as I headed for my bike. “We’re gonna jol arlies!” my brother shouted as his bike…
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To Be or not to Be?
To most people, Bob Martin, instantly draws up the image of vitamin tablets for dogs. But before he retired, to everyone in the South African theatre business, Bob Martin conjured…
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