Pregnancy Awareness Week began with loud cries for help, literally, in South Africa. In Newlands East, Durban, near the place I call home, a new life was born. Far from being swathed in a warm[…]
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Let’s talk… the way we used to…
Are we living vicariously through social media? Perhaps. Has social media become the new mass communication? In my eyes, it’s a yes. Is it mass communication or competition? That’s for you to decide. I’m[…]
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Phezulu: A Paradise
Legend has it that Phezulu Safari Park in Botha’s Hill, overlooking the Valley of a 1000 Hills, was popular for school excursions. My mother seems to recall that I too went on excursion there. And[…]
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A time to register
I spent some time re-connecting with my roots at the 1860 Heritage Centre in Durban a few days ago. And it couldn’t have happened at a more opportune time. It’s the first month of 2019[…]
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Silence, Science and Soul
Silence…so many dislike it, avoid it or even fear it. And yet, I gravitate towards it… It’s deep, reflective silence that becomes a natural exercise of mindfulness. Silence is as essential to my existence as[…]
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Inside the Village Table: Restaurant Review
I have been wary of eating out this holiday season. With an influx of patrons, chances are that many things could go wrong. The horror stories, almost daily on social media, of poor and rude[…]
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Blog-Love 2018
I started blogging in 2017 but 2018 is the year that I fell in love with blogging. Truly Madly Deeply. Yes, I confess, I was obsessed with that song by Savage Garden. Wonderful memories of[…]
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Radio, check. Music, play…
music – /ˈmjuːzɪk/ vocal or instrumental sounds (or both) combined in such a way as to produce beauty of form, harmony, and expression of emotion. There’s something magical about hearing a song you love playing[…]
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An uncomfortable Christmas
Throughout 2018, I have written about how tired I am of tokenism. It’s ridiculous the way we box certain issues into days, weeks or months and pay lip service to them instead of creating mechanisms[…]
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Friends
When real situations expose fake friendships… Sounds a bit harsh, doesn’t it? That thought crossed my mind too, many times. Seriously, I cannot count how many times I have started this post and then stopped.[…]
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