I would like to share this video that I have made recently. I have been spastic for over 23 years as a result of my accident. My right hand has…
Read MoreEngland, My England!
My time in England is drawing to a close. How the time has flown by! Looking back over my stay, these are some of the things that I really love…
Read MoreHeaven on Earth!
I have been to beautiful Manor Houses like Blickling Hall, Hampton Court and Windsor Castle. This time while in England I visited Chatsworth House. It was stupendous inside. But I…
Read More‘Other’ Worlds
I strolled along the beach one evening. One evening before my accident. The light on the beach will remain etched in my memory. Silvery clear and other worldly. The beach…
Read MoreYellow!
Leaving for England this year was fraught with the problems caused by my broken hands. But last year was just as exciting! I was due to fly from Cape Town…
Read MoreSoulmates!
Let me tell you about B. I was chatting to some friends at a dinner party when suddenly I was tapped on the back. I turned to this petite, pixie…
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“I am no strumpet………..”
Janet Suzman, (now Dame Janet Suzman!) the international actress and director directed us in Othello. I played Bianca, the whore. At the time I was still a virgin. A virgin…
Read MoreFancourt God!
I gave a talk at Fancourt. I was sitting on the verandah talking to Mum and Dad afterwards, when one of the delegates from the conference came and crouched down…
Read MoreBaths!
1963 I began wailing as my Mother swung me up and out the bath. “No, Mummy, no! Bath needs me!” My Mum laughed as she began towelling her two year…
Read MoreLost Youth!
Remember the diary I mentioned in my last blog? Reading through it bought so many memories back to life……. “DM and Ron to dinner. (DM, aka Dee, is Dad’s cousin…
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