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European Summer
In my craziest dreams, I never thought I'd be living like I am. Yet, here I am, sunburnt by the Mediterranean sun after spending the day...
Cathie Rooyen
Jul 18, 20242 min read
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Oh Vienna....
2nd July 2024 The second phase of the year has begun. My birthday has passed which means we're heading towards Christmas. Right now, I'm...
Cathie Rooyen
Jul 2, 20242 min read
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Rerooted
This is my third start of the British summer. Three years in a row I've heeded the call to journey north to explore the land of my birth....
Cathie Rooyen
Apr 24, 20243 min read
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Letting go of the old
Monday 1st April 2024 I'm feeling the need to write. I've missed accessing the dots on a screen translation of what has been happening in...
Cathie Rooyen
Apr 1, 20242 min read
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Pop in!
Friday 15th March 2024 I still haven't sorted out my technical storage issue for my blog so there won't be any photos in this update....
Cathie Rooyen
Mar 15, 20242 min read
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Temporary pause in services
Eek! Lovely day Airport run, braai and milktart! No end in site
Cathie Rooyen
Feb 17, 20241 min read
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Friday fun
Friday 16th February 2024 I ended up having a busy day today with a trip to the hairdresser. I love it when I find a hair stylist that I...
Cathie Rooyen
Feb 16, 20241 min read
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Moving around
Thursday 15th February 2024 I forgot about loadshedding because my sister Mary has a solar power system. My other sister, doesn't. And...
Cathie Rooyen
Feb 15, 20242 min read
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Valentine
Wednesday 14th February 2024 It's the day of love. Valentine's day. It was always an uncomfortable day for me when I was a teenager...
Cathie Rooyen
Feb 14, 20241 min read
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Aquarian season
Tuesday 13th February 2024 Aquarian season continues with me having coffee with two of the February babies this morning. All of us...
Cathie Rooyen
Feb 13, 20241 min read
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Virtual friendships become real
Monday 12th February 2024 It was a rather fresh morning which was ideal for me to get back on the treadmill. I had planned to meet up...
Cathie Rooyen
Feb 12, 20241 min read
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Wedded
Sunday 11th February 2024 Today is my folks' wedding anniversary. They had a double wedding, with my mum and her sister being brides....
Cathie Rooyen
Feb 11, 20242 min read
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Mad to the max (not quite)
Saturday 10th February 2024 Cars. Yup. Love them and hate them. This morning was one of those mornings when I realised that no matter how...
Cathie Rooyen
Feb 10, 20241 min read
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No longer the baby
Friday 9th February 2024 On this day 52 years ago, I became a big sister. I was 5 at the time and had 5 siblings on the upline. These 5...
Cathie Rooyen
Feb 9, 20243 min read
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Hot nap
Thursday 8th February 2024 I woke up as the sky began to lighten which is now after 5am. One of the cats started meowing at my window to...
Cathie Rooyen
Feb 8, 20241 min read
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Baring my soul
Wednesday 7th February 2024 Two of my running friends came to 'help' me run on the road. They'd already completed 10km and I was only...
Cathie Rooyen
Feb 7, 20242 min read
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Writing right
Tuesday 6th February 2024 I woke up feeling rather creative today and after I did my treadmill stint I decided to look up some of my...
Cathie Rooyen
Feb 6, 20242 min read
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More dog reports
Monday 5th February 2024 It was nice waking up with my friend in the house this morning, although I got up early to let the dogs out. The...
Cathie Rooyen
Feb 5, 20242 min read
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Friends and sunshine
Sunday 4th February 2024 My cruise companion arrived today. She's been back in South Africa from England longer than I have so it was...
Cathie Rooyen
Feb 4, 20241 min read
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Sushi Saturday
Saturday 3rd February 2024 I woke up still feeling like I was on a high after Joey Evans' talk and naturally I didn't have any excuse not...
Cathie Rooyen
Feb 3, 20241 min read
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