2013 – A Backward Glance
As we begin the countdown to say farewell to a long year, it is easy to look back with rose-coloured glasses (or sometimes it’s due to poor memory) and only remember the good times. But I’m wiping my glasses (I …
Year: 2013
Only the Lonely – PART 2
Note If you have just started reading my blog or you have missed the previous posts, go back and read Only the Lonely as this is part 2 and you may find it easier to follow if you read these …
Back to Earth (with a bump)
Exactly a year ago I held some research groups that ran over a weekend. These groups took me to Durban and Cape Town. Once the groups were finished, I had to entertain myself until the next one. In Durban, I …
Is this Real Life or just a Fantasy?
October 2013 will always be remembered as the month that I had a rude, but necessary, awakening. I have been suffering with numerous aches and pains for the past 18 months but always put it down to straining, pulling a …
Truth is Stranger than Fiction
Just when I thought I’d seen and heard it all, August 2013 happened! Yes it might be fortuitous of a year ending with the dreaded “13” but I hadn’t given it a second thought. You see my first breath of life …
Only the Lonely
I know that I am very fortunate. I received a good education at a pretty good school, I was fortunate to have a company that believed in me sufficiently to pay for my tertiary studies, which opened the door to …
The Eczema Chronicles
If you want to know where we’ve come from, start with my first blog post regarding this, called Skin Deep. After promising not to focus on Tomato’s skin condition, here I am devoting another blog post to this issue. But this …
Skin Deep
I apologise up front. This is a post for me. It’s not going to be funny or entertaining. My aim is to offload by writing this and putting my feelings out there, and in so doing, hopefully release the unbelievable …
Pearls of Wisdom
I lecture 4 subjects at a tertiary education facility. During my lectures I feel it necessary to impart pearls of wisdom to the uninformed 18 – 25 year old students who attend my classes. On several occasions I have been …
Hello 2013!!
Well we’re 3 weeks into 2013 and this is my first blog post in 4 months! Yes I have been a little bit hectic, but isn’t that always the excuse? Well this year has gotten off to a rocketing start! …