In My Words

Autumn in South Africa

April 14, 2019April 14, 2019 adminPolitics

It’s April in South Africa. The changes that sweep through naturally in Autumn are a sharp contrast to the changes that swept through our country – rather unnaturally – that April, 26 years ago. Like[…]

Birthday Pawty Chronicles

March 30, 2019March 30, 2019 adminLife in South Africa

Remember Flash? No, I’m not talking about the television series based on the superhero who moves at lightning speed! I’m talking about my own superhero who indeed moves at lightning speed! Our dog Flash and[…]

It all adds up…

March 12, 2019 adminEnvironment

Waste not, want not. It’s a saying I grew up with. More often than not, my parents would ingrain this in our minds . A quick online search revealed that this saying was first recorded[…]

Period.

March 1, 2019March 1, 2019 adminUncategorized

Back at campus, and my former student who is helping with student orientation says to me, “You haven’t been blogging much.” She was direct. It wasn’t a question; it was a statement. That’s why I[…]

Time

February 24, 2019February 24, 2019 adminPoetry

It is time… Time to Channel my creativity; Come out of my cocoon; Wriggle my way out Of this writer’s block. It is frustrating. I fight with my keyboard. I wrestle with my pencil. My[…]

Cries for help…

February 12, 2019February 12, 2019 adminLife in South Africa

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[…]

Let’s talk… the way we used to…

February 3, 2019February 3, 2019 adminLife in South Africa

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[…]

Phezulu: A Paradise

January 30, 2019February 1, 2019 adminEntertainment

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[…]

A time to register

January 20, 2019January 22, 2019 adminLife in South Africa

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[…]

Silence, Science and Soul

January 16, 2019January 16, 2019 adminPersonal

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[…]