Thoughts

As a rule I have no problem with speaking, in fact I make a living from doing so. I love words, I love connecting and I love humans, so talking...

                  Nobody gets to go on a pilgrimage every day but I manage at least one a week...

One of my wishes for this year is to write more poetry.  Puzzlingly, I have been inclined to believe that poetry should be devoted to intensely...

On Saturday the Amaboko boko were scheduled to be in Buffalo City. So, utterly filled with the zeal of a newly converted groupie/disciple of Bra...

I live in a tiny coastal village that has no public transport and no low cost housing nearby.  As a result life is very difficult for the...

Apparently Mthatha isn’t the most sought after destination for corporate trainer types.  This is astonishing because I always have the best time...

Thembi(Hope), my favorite heroine, is much more than a plump, humble pig from the former Transkei.  She epitomizes everything about South African...

Fabulous South African Story #1 Recently I have felt  more inclined to recall and articulate the stories and experiences that make me proud,...

My ancestors were a rather motley crew of German peasants, French Huguenots, some rather odd British folk and who knows what else.  My paternal...

This is a plea to the good men in my life. And there are many: Expedition Africa in Rodrigues is over and we are back home in South Africa and I...

For my friend’s who grew up in RSA and the Eastern Cape (especially those who don’t live here anymore), and for my father who...

Ironically I suppose, I grew up deep in the rural areas of the former Ciskei, the youngest child of a trader whose isiXhosa name was...

Question 1. When you look at this picture, are you overwhelmed with protective sympathy for the blonde woman (because its so not fair that she...

The lesson was simple: “Don’t look away. Don’t look down. Don’t pretend not to see hurt. Look people in the eye. Even when their pain is...

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie describes herself as “a happy African feminist who does not hate men and who likes lip-gloss and who wears high heels...

I have been running really far, mostly on trails, for almost 30 years. This is about two thirds of my life. I can’t really recall a time before I...

I have been running and reading (in that order) rather more than usual lately in an effort to make sense of stuff.  About half way through one of...

I know that women exist who accuse men of things they haven’t done. I have experienced this phenomenon personally and professionally. My guiding...

Thembi Treks The Wild Coast Thembi is a Transkei pig Despite this fact her dreams are big She paused one day with wrinkled snout Sniffed the air...