Silver tongued, silver haired and silver anniversary
Good day dear friends, 27 years ago we landed on these fair shores. Far from the home of my youth where every second person in town was...
Donuts and Dodos
I have been illustrating a children's book and as usual, I try to do my homework and research things as diverse as flora and fauna,...
Nude cats and 9th cousins
In the past few weeks six of my friends have died. It has been a tough start to the year. Some of the deaths were expected, but not all....
Dancing on knots of dust
The Khoisan people of Southern Africa perform an ancient dance called the Riel Dans. They often wear red leather shoes and strange hats...
Kapok Atishoo et al
Tis the season to sneeze for me. The Kapok trees are in full hay fever mode spreading their fluffy joy around our area. Yes, I know the...
Poppies for the soldiers
It has been exactly three years since I had my hysterectomy and cancer treatment. Each year I get an online health form to fill out to...
Holidays and the Hesperus
As a child, my grandmother would tell me to brush my hair, or straighten my clothes because I looked like the Wreck of the Hesperus. No,...
Kindness begins with cats on cycles
Is it too early to order an advent calendar? I saw one online that has a rock a day. Yup, my kind of adventing. But then my brain kicked...
Dancing to the music of thunder
Have you seen all the gadgets you can buy to stop snoring? Nose clamps, mouth thingies that hold the airways open and of course the...
Perfumed passions
As a child my grandmother took me to see Danny Kaye at the movies. I don't remember the title of the show, perhaps 'Me and the Colonel'...
