Life

I have been cooking and reading and thinking and trying to make sense of what is happening in the world. Cooking and reading are the happy bits, the creative bits, the thinking is on a loop.

Why did we all love it so much? I think that for me being there simplified everything. All the complications of life fell away...

I have been out and about in the arid heart of my country in a vast area known as the Great Karoo. I was surprised, taken aback by the sense of isolation in the park...

Winter is making itself felt. The mornings are downright cold, leaves are falling, and the clouds are putting on more dramatic displays.

We met when I moved in next door. I cannot recall what brought about the actual meeting. There was no foretelling that this was to be a special friendship.

I have gardened for most of my life by now. For me I first woke up to the possible magic of a garden when I met my husband’s grandmother...

I have found my own responses to the Russian invasion of Ukraine very interesting. As the rumblings began and grew louder, came closer...

I have been thinking about how one can disagree productively. Or at the very least how one can disagree without being destructive.

So…how are things? This last year was for me personally a year of upheaval and change. The shape of my life and my days changed.

Isn’t it lovely when this happens! Even more so when one has had a tough month! But maybe that is when it happens, or more likely, when we actually notice it is happening.