Fossils and Fairies

The rain was constant last weekend. On Sunday morning I lay in bed listening to the pouring rain watching TikTok videos and laughing over posts on threads until after 11am. Norm brought me two rounds of cappuccinos in my favourite cup. Eventually I got up and showered and I packed my suitcase for my flight …

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Who Do You Think You Are?

I've written often about how hard it is to make friends as an adult. I think if you are lucky enough to have 'lifetime' friends, there is nothing better. This is why it makes me so happy that both of my adult daughters are away for a weekend with girlfriends who have been in their …

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All Gas, No Brakes

Having four days off of work with no obligations was fabulous. However, before the long weekend ended I once again had excess responsibility foisted on me. By that I mean, Norm's chores. Yes, I am a Princess. Before he went away Norm treated me to a gorgeous lunch at the new Little Fox. When we …

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All We Have Is Now

There are so many different 'Self Help' books & programs banging around that if you base your identity on one of them then you may end up feeling like you have (DID) Dissociative Identity Disorder (what used to be known as Multiple Personality Disorder). Are you this? Are you that? What if you are a …

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Correlation vs. Causation

Usually Cape Town has very low humidity; it has crisp, hot days during the summer. It can get blistering hot, but generally the humidity is low. This week has felt so humid. Every day since Monday I had been convinced that it was going to rain, but the rain I could feel never arrived. We …

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Bunnies and Buddhas

This week my Rabbit Hole was nature vs nurture. You know how you can say he is an extrovert or an introvert? She is socially awkward or she is this or that in comparison to their partner, regarding "opposites attract". I think for a relationship to work you have to have some polarity and some …

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Moon Beams and Moonlight

I once asked a teacher 'what is trauma? at what level of pain do you go to in order to know what is important enough to document?' We were creating a 'Descansos' which I have written many posts about, so you can either do a search for the word in the search field on my …

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Whispers To The Wind

The days just sort of morph into each other when you have newborn babies in the household. Much like the newest member in the family, your days seem to be consume, expel, wash, and sleep in a cycle. You just try to keep the dishes maintained and a clear path through the chaos so that …

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Brain Transplants

It is so easy to take miraculous things for granted. We often live our lives in a predictable pattern, wake at the same time, eat the same things, watch the same TV shows, shop in the same places, relate to people the same ways and go to bed at the same time. I try so …

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The Soil of South Africa Clings to You

Last weekend was really cold and overcast. As we have no heat in our house other than a wood fireplace that we could not be bothered to light, it was really cold in the house too. I was wearing 4 layers of tops, wooly socks and fur lined boots and was still wrapped up in …

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