Wednesday, November 20, 2024

High on a Hill

November 17, 2008 by  
Filed under Main Blog

Listening to the tributes about my great grandmother Moewaka Jane Rapana (or Nama as she was affectionately called) it wasn’t hard to imagine her walking between us all standing there. It seemed fitting that she would rest on the high hill overlooking her beloved

Paring Back the Peer Group

October 27, 2008 by  
Filed under Main Blog

Do you remember when you were growing up, those moments when you felt left out from a peer group or even among particular friends within your own group of friends. This isn’t a sense of ‘belonging’ incognito. No, it’s something quite different though

Bubble and Squeak

September 25, 2008 by  
Filed under Main Blog

The festive season is a mere three months away and that makes the thought of sparkling things adventuresome. Liquid sparkling things I mean. The French have got the champagne market all sewn up, Reims in particular. And while we mere mortals can only aspire to