“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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“All the World’s a Stage……..”
Joy of all joys, every Christmas we went to the Christmas pantomime! John Moss put on a yearly panto and the delight, laughter, shouts of enthusiastic children that the Playhouse…
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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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Coincidences???
‘My’ opera, “Lost in a Bluebell Wood” will cost money. We need to raise a million rand to get it into production. But, we are making headway! In early…
Read MoreOut of the mouths of babes!
While shopping, I noticed a man with his fingers laced into the small hand of his daughter. She looked to be about five. She was talking to him the whole…
Read MoreA miracle in the making!
I am Discovery’s latest Medical Miracle! Fantastic, I can hear you say. But how did this happen? Well, it all started two years ago when I began blogging. Blogging, I have…
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“People, people who need people, are the luckiest people in the world….” I smile as I hum along to Barbra Streisand’s well known voice. Yes, I am one of the…
Read MoreA big fat success!
“Thin people are beautiful but fat people are adorable!” Jackie Gleason I looked at the picture on the mug in front of me as I waited for my hot chocolate…
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