Saturday 13th January 2024 Two years ago my dad died. It feels so long ago in many ways due to all my travels and bed swapping. But the...

Friday 12th January 2024 Cars and rain. Yip, the theme of my life currently. Today my sister's car cut out on me while turning a corner...

Thursday 11th January 2024 I seem to be having a bit of an unusual time with cars lately. Today I tried my sister's car again and I got...

Wednesday 10th January 2024 The year is ten days old and this morning I didn't want to get up. It was raining, cool and I just felt...

Tuesday 9th January 2024 It was cool this morning when I took Molly for a short walk. It had rained a lot through the night so the earth...

Monday 8th January 2024. I woke in the night completely confused as to where I was. It was strange having a moment of panic before I...

Sunday 7th January 2024 Saying goodbye to part time pets can be really sad. I feel so lucky to be able to 'borrow' people's animals and...

Saturday 6th January 2024 My last full day of this house sit started early. I woke up before Rusty and started getting ready. He looked...

Friday 5th January 2024 I decided to get out of my snoozing slump, hermit mode, today and realised that I hadn't been up to the old part...

Thursday 4th January 2024 Despite the bruised sternum, I slept well through the night, and then napped a lot today. I didn't know that I...

Wednesday 3rd January 2024 Falling. Yip. I hit the ground this morning after half a mile of walking. A huge dragon rose out of the...

Tuesday 2nd January 2024 I felt my 'business' brain begin to waken up today. My creative brain talks to me while I'm running and it's...

Monday 1st January 2024 So it's now a matter of writing the new year. For 365 evenings I had to keep asking myself what year is it, and...

Sunday 31st December 2033 The last day of the year has ended. We had a special sunset after seeing a lovely sunrise with pink clouds. ...

Saturday 30 December 2023 I ventured out in my car today to a friend's birthday lunch. Although I'm almost reluctant to leave the animals...

Friday 29th December 2023 The whole week it's been feeling like Friday and when it finally arrives, I think it's Saturday. Confused I am....

Thursday 28th December 2023. My dad's birthday. He would've been 89 today. It sounds so old yet I've been out of school for 40 years this...

Wednesday 27th December 2023 It was freezing this morning. Mid summer in South Africa can have these unexpected twists to it. There is...

Tuesday 26th December 2023 Today marks me being back in South Africa for 3 weeks. It feels like I've been back for 5 minutes or 10 years,...

25th December 2023 Christmas day means exactly 6 months from and to my birthday. I had to say it somewhere, lol. It was a thing for me...