Reflections in, on and round about…with a lot of cooking on the side
An opening word I originally wrote this in November 2018. The challenge was to pick that one favourite song. Needless to say, that was an impossible task but a challenge to which I rose - with some relish. When my webhost disappeared some time ago, this post went along with it. I'm "reconstiting" some and … Continue reading Songs of [My] Life
Today is the fourth Saturday of our enforced lockdown. We should have been "free" yesterday. Instead, last Thursday, they added another fourteen days to our enforced stay at home. If one reads between the lines, as I have said, there's no guarantee that 1 May 2020 will see emancipation. I admit that yesterday was a … Continue reading Ducks, Drakes and Croc Socks
In the last two weeks I have written two long and very serious pieces about how people and the world are responding to the Covid-19 pandemic. I will write another - to keep a promise. The first was ahead of the lock down. Half way there? South Africa is halfway through the period initially set … Continue reading Lockdown survivors’ guide
In March, South Africa, was on the brink of a national electricity blackout. And we are there again. Why? At the time, I said that the reasons are myriad and what one chooses to believe, also depends on to whom one listens. Now, it seems, we are getting closer to the truth: acknowledgement not just … Continue reading Loadshedding survivors’ guide