Life can be a rollercoaster, of that, I am certain. Today was a day of contemplating and writing while nesting in my warm bed until my...

Today I got a lot done. It was a sluggish start but once I got my momentum, I was in the zone. The clear out zone. I'm not systematic in...

Full moon tonight and it seems to have lived up to it's usual pattern in that the weather seriously changed. The temperature plummeted...

It was one of those crazy cold days. The highveld cold can dry out the bone marrow inside my house and I still had a hangover headache...

Today the temperature dropped and I was grumpy. Constructive but grumpy. Wearing layers of clothes inside the house makes me feel like...

In between spurts of work, I thought I would wrap some ornaments in bubble wrap. I opened a cupboard and there it was, all pop worthy...

Today I shifted some surplus stuff. I had accumulated bits and pieces and an old temperamental dishwasher that had been standing like a...

Sometimes unplanned events can be the best thing. Today I joined my sister and my running wife for a trip on a trail. And yes, I did...

Who am I kidding? I hardly had a real plan. I like 'loose plans' now, I used to be scared of them but with the uncertainty of the 21st...

Johannesburg has a very temperate climate and according to Wikipedia has 'mild' temperatures with sunny days in the winter. Today wasn't...

This morning was the first morning that I felt back to 'normal' - well, my version of normal- since the riots and looting happened at my...

A month ago I was sitting in my timeshare apartment with a side view of the sea on the North Coast of Kwazulu Natal (KZN). It was on my...

At 3am my electricity went out. Sadly, for us in South Africa, that's not an unusual occurrence. But what was unusual was the wild wind...

Today started out bumpy. I had watched some hectic videos last night about the rioting that took place over the weekend. I ended up...

Sunday in the middle of July, sounds like the perfect day to stay in bed. But I didn't. I had the airport run to do. My ex is off to...

In the process of packing, I found my old journals. I'm not a disciplined person in the conventional sense but I have always loved...

I might have made that word up, because what I am doing is not decluttering. It's stripping back the layers of the cocoon I have created...

There were rumblings throughout the night. At 4.30am I couldn't return my to my slumber and instead organised my car service, packed more...

The world seems to be spinning faster with everything happening right now. The pandemic, politics and lockdowns mean that any planning...

Johannesburg has an annual average of 300 sunshine days. Today was not one of them. The overcast sky hung heavy as I did my Tuesday tasks...