(Side note: The long-term emotional effects of the pandemic are often on my mind, and will probably continue to be a theme on the blog for a while. I don’t really re-read my posts that often, and can honestly not remember what was the last thing I wrote. And that’s …
Level 3 We had a bit of a milestone here today as the country moved into Level 3 of lockdown. Retail is fully opened up except for personal care, and the restrictions that remain enforce social distancing more than anything else (no gyms, organised sport, must work from home if …
I’ve never been much of a drinker. If there ever needed to be designated driver, I’d happily take the baton. Over time, that has changed slightly, and this year specifically I have gotten into the habit of enjoying. a glass of wine with dinner. I even started drinking G&Ts, which …
Yesterday our President spoke to us again, and announced that we are all moving down to Level 3 on June 1 (Monday). I have mixed feelings about this (the economy needs to get moving, but lots and lots of people are about to die). As it is, the hospitals are …
Last night I was chatting to a friend, and he asked me what my plans were for the weekend. I had a quick and confident answer: “Tomorrow is my day. I’m going to spend it writing, updating my blog, working on my professional site.“. Easy peasy. Except that it is …
May 17, 2020 It’s been exactly a week since I did a “recap” post, which should give you a good idea of the pace of life bang in the middle of #lockdown. Honestly, nothing much very exciting happening. But let’s see: A Parisian coffee shop in my backyard I really …
May 10, 2020: Today was Mother’s Day in South Africa. My kids definitely delivered! Micole made me cupcakes (that flopped!! ha ha) and drew me a cute picture of three giraffes. Each giraffe represents one of us, and is coloured in our individual favourite colours. The fact that she drew …
I have (once again) redesigned this blog, with the (renewed) hope of writing here regularly. As I type this I am pretty much done with the nuts and bolts of the structure and the taxonomies (categories and tags, etc). That leaves the actual posts. I have about 60. I was …
Oh sure, 2020. Let’s fuck around with everything a bit more. Let’s turn me into a walking cliche. Tonight I find out, via a gentle message in my inbox, that my ex shacked up with someone half my age (and his) while we were still together. And so a family was destroyed. One that I fought so hard to keep. But you can’t compete with youth, I guess. Especially if you don’t know what you are up against, because the denials and lies just mount and mount and mount until it all gets a bit much. I look back at …
