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fierce…
Arguably my most favourite creature alive is the tiger and if I had to choose a totem animal, well – a tiger would be it. They’re powerful, dignified, fiercely independent and beautiful. I’ve always had this crazy dream of one … Continue reading
Posted in Be inspired!, poetry, Ranting and raving
Tagged architect, David Shepherd, Dylan Lewis, Enrico Daffonchio, FIERCE, Ian McCallum, Kirstenbosch, poet, rhino, sculptor, South Africa, tiger, TigerTime, UNTAMED
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all I wanna do…
… is bang! bang! bang! And kkkkkkaaaaaaaah ching! Know what I mean? If you do, then you’ve probably heard M.I.A.’s anthem of the unimpressed (if you watched Slumdog Millionaire you heard it on the soundtrack. No, not Jai-Ho sweetheart). Paper … Continue reading
Posted in What's on the decks...
Tagged Apple, Arniston, Breaking Bad, Cat, Dalai Lama, eGoli, iPod, Jai-Ho, James, La Mouette, M.I.A, Mastercard, Mathangi 'Maya' Arulpragasam, Paper Planes, Pick n Pay, rhino, sangoma, Slumdog Millionaire, soundtrack, South Africa, Steve Jobs, Tank Girl, UCT, Visa
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looking back…
Yesterday was unexpectedly hard. To fact check my story, I had to go back to an old journal and read what I wrote the night of the stroke (a list of story ideas – priorities! – whilst wired and hallucinating … Continue reading
Posted in stroke of luck, What's on the decks...
Tagged estrogen, everything will be ok, hernia, Hold On, hope, hopeless, journal, longing, loss, love, Move Along, osteoporosis, Russian Roulette, South Africa, steriods, stroke, thank, Tom Waits, weak
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point of view…
At the beginning of this year, I signed up and completed an online writing course – the same time Dax & I prepared to move city (and move-in). As if that wasn’t enough, his sprawling family descended in South Africa, … Continue reading
Posted in Lines and rhymes...
Tagged American Pie, boabab, bonsai, Bowties For Betty, Dax, family, move in, narrartive, point of view, South Africa, wedding, writing
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galloping headlong…
Scarlet sees red in the Big Apple as calendars dissolve into the annual commercial blood fest: Valentine’s Day. Bleurgh… Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 9:06 AM Subject: parking violations & encore awards (beware the tirade) Hello again. It’s been another rather … Continue reading
Posted in Letters from limbo
Tagged Adrian Mole, Africa, ballet, Bear Mountain, Beetle, blizzard, Business Class, Cape Town, card exploding hearts in every, Central Park, commute, coordination, cynic, dogs, employer of choice, encore award, Erica Jung, eternal love, exhibition, fire hydrant, fool’s gold, Global Collaboration, guilt, GWB, haircut, Henry Miller, heroin chic, ice skating, London, lost, Maltese Poodle, Ms Jones, New Orleans, New York New York, NY, parking violation, pathological, plumber, primary school, quit, quote, retail therapy, risk, romantic, rookie error, Rottweiler, self image, sentiment, shopping, sightseeing, single, South Africa, Starbucks, strategy, stress, Taste, thank you, the law, tobogganing, toll, trainer, u-bend, Umgazana, unwelcome attention, US, Valentine's Day, writing, yuppie
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historical nguni…
So. While I have always personally felt that my nguni*ness was the very height of i-fashionable, I stumbled across ancient proof that this really IS so last night. A clearly very cool, hip and funky South African designer called ‘Shaun’ called his … Continue reading
