Uncategorized

Generally lately, I treat this space like a diary, something to look back on. There are you precious few who take interest in the little fish bowl which I swim in. You gift me with your time reading what I write. You sometimes reach out with a comment, and that means a lot to me. Some know the part of …

Well that week ended with a headache from hell, but at least it’s gone today. Not much went on last week, Mum is still with us which is lovely. Our music teacher gave us blueberries so we gave him some blueberry muffins. Found a good recipe on Allrecipes. Funny thing is that I’ve always found blueberries to be a bit …

A quote from our audio book to start last weeks record. “Despite rumour, Death isn’t cruel – merely terribly, terribly good at his job.”― Terry Pratchett, Sourcery Hmm it’s already Tuesday but yesterday was a wee bit busy. Mum arrived from Durbs for her first visit this year which is awfully late, but lovely to have her with us none …

I think a quote from Sorcery, our current Terry Pratchett audio book is a good start. “The truth isn’t easily pinned to a page. In the bathtub of history the truth is harder to hold than the soap and much more difficult to find.” Acacia went for a hair trim and loved having her hair straightened I tried out another …

Spring wants to arrive but winter is slow to relinquish it’s grasp. I’ll stick to the picture summary of our highlights. In the C19 diary, I think this is now the 3rd week of not hearing of any new cases, which is great! J is still in hospital and I keep hoping for her to turn the corner. I chatted …

Already 2 days past the end of the week but it’s been quiet. Fjord turned 14 last week, he had a good day. We gave him a harmonica which he is already getting the hang of. My eldest son Heath visited Jo’burg and it was lovely to spend yesterday and part of Saturday with him. We also gave Fjord a …

First off, I am not an ‘influencer’ this site attracts an average of 50 views a day primarily my product reviews (which aside from a handful years ago, have been unsolicited and not paid for), travel posts and recipes . Paid influencers are a reality, and the fact that they exist must factor into our critical thinking around events taking …

New decision is to try to record at least 1 thing that made me happy on each day of the week. Acacia got the first 2 Wizards of Once books for her birthday but she gobbled them up in a day or 3 On Monday the children went back to school. One thing that we missed was listening to our …

Oh joy, at last after what feels like an eternity the children are back at school today. They have fallen behind on learning again and really miss the school environment. Relief all round. It felt so good to get through the housework quickly while listening to a Dark Horse podcast on Spotify. I find their content interesting and thought provoking, …

I don’t know where to start, what a terrifying, awful, sickening and wonderful week. I believe that the madness and looting could have been nipped in the bud if the police had taken decisive action against the small gathering outside Nkandla before Zuma went to jail. Those people were breaking the rules against gathering and got away with it. The …