I think I had a wasted youth, and that’s not even a pun. Do I really not have any good “At the bar” stories or inspirations? Nope. I do not. As already covered, I am not much of an alcohol drinker, and going out to bars has never been my …
I no longer have many unread books whose spines I can crack, mostly because the majority of books I read I buy as ebooks, and there is no spine there. Every once in a while I will buy a physical book at Exclusive Books. This tends to be either a …
My father loved dogs, and my childhood home had at least two at any given time. They were such an integral part of my family, that I never supposed that having a family home without a dog was possible. And yet, I have never owned one in my adult life, …
It doesn’t take much alcohol to get me drunk, or at least light headed. But it does take a lot to make me drink it in the first place, especially in public. I don’t not drink, but I also don’t drink, if you know what I mean. And when I …
I don’t recognise (most) faces. It’s a real condition (prosopagnosia) and this author summed it up perfectly in The New York Times. I am luckier than some, because I do recognise some faces. For example, 60 minutes (CBS) have an online video that is a test to see if you …
(Day 4 of Writers’ Bootcamp challenge. Read my other Writing Prompt posts here.) In my short (ha!) adult life, I have had to, at some point or another, had to live without things that most (including me) would consider essential to daily existence. Things like a car, a cellphone, a …
(This post is Day 2 of the @writersbootcmp writing challenge. Read my other Writing Prompt posts here.) I am not a lover of words like some people that I know (you know who you are, and yes I am rolling my eyes.) But I am sure that I can come …
(Day 3 of the 30 day Writer’s Challenge @writersbootcmp). Read my other Writing Prompt posts here. Today we have been asked to write about what we fear most. In South Africa, we all have the same “usual” fears of being attacked, robbed, hijacked etc, and these types of fear are …
I came across this wonderful post by Elen Seidman at LoveThatMax.com. In it, she recounts a loooong list of things that she notices/remembers on behalf of her family, starting with “I am the one who notices that we are running low on toilet paper”. As I said, the list is long. And as a mother, and a “wife”, boy can I identify with this! I am the one who has to remember everything that has anything to do with the house, or any of its six members. That includes schedules, supplies, needs, wants, appointments. It goes well beyond remembering to …
