Category: Strings of Sentences
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When elastic wins through…
Over 40, great hair, a winning smile………..and a great big belly? Yep, welcome to the club!!!! I lead an excessively active lifestyle. Between the restaurant I work in and the the child I work on – I never stop! I should be gorgeous, people should stop and admire my middle-aged brilliance, shouldn’t they…. When […]
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Nature – The true Diva!
It’s been snowing in Africa, on distant mountains far, far that-away, not near to Cape Town………. This is Africa for heavens sake! It doesn’t snow here….. Today we had an earthquake in Johannesburg – 5.5 on the Richter scale, which is mild compared to the rest of the world, but again – this is Africa, […]
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Are you suffering from ‘Cellphonealitis?’
We had just fed and watered a small bunch of top level bank execs. They had motored through a high paced business lunch and were heading off to save and/or cripple the world. As the last of the invited guests left, the three hosts suddenly realised that all conversation had stopped and that they were […]
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22 tips from Stephen King
For all you aspiring writers – read this, now! Thanks to kimhooperwrites.com for originally posting this
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Skipping along…
This is my latest discovery. It’s called an Air Rope. For those of you that go to gym, you’re probably familiar with it, but for the rest of us it’s an epic discovery. The simplicity of this piece of equipment blows my mind. I wanted to skip to punch up my fitness levels and dump a few […]
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And just when you thought things were already ridiculous……
A baby was arrested in Pakistan for attempted murder. His father and grandfather were also arrested during a protest for throwing rocks and because he was with them, he was charged and finger printed too…. The official responsible was suspended without pay pending an investigation. The baby has been released on bail and will appear […]
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Shag Implants…..Really?
Back in the day, when I was still shagging, things were normal and simple in terms of contraception. Take this pill, use that condom – get the picture? Imagine my surprise when I worriedly asked my daughter’s teacher why her arm was so badly bruised ( I was all ready to give her the ‘it’s […]
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Fewer Follows, more writing?
To those bloggers I follow: I’ve just tanked the lot of you – sorry…….. I have been struggling to find the time to do justice to the wonderful ideas and colour that flow through the blogs, but truly most times I just scan through and hit ‘like’. This year I have decided to dedicate my […]
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Who is Scott Lively?
In Uganda, homosexuality, according to the ‘professionals,’ is nothing more than deviant behaviour that can, and now by law in fact, MUST, be un-learned. Those of us (with brains), already living on the African continent, shake our heads and sigh, understanding that down South we are still overrun with small, frightened tribal beliefs that blow […]
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I found myself on the pavement….
Yesterday was the Cape Town Carnival. We are lucky in that we live on the main road and can simply pop downstairs and plonk ourselves on the grass to watch. After a hellish week of double shifts I was exhausted and wanted nothing more than to climb into bed and zone out. Unfortunately my youngest […]
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