Cape Town
What’s not to love? The ocean, beautiful beaches, Table Mountain, Kirstenbosch botanical gardens, wine farms…
My Dogs
One of the major advantages of living in South Africa is the large, open spaces. This has meant that I’ve always been lucky enough to have a canine companion. I’ve had Alsations, German Shorthaired Pointers, a Toy Poodle, a Chow Chow, a beagle as well as a couple of dogs of questionable heritage. They’ve all [...]
Southern Africa
The Magic of Africa Living in South Africa means that I’m spoilt for choice in this regard. The Kruger National Park is famous world over as a destination of choice when viewing wildlife in its natural environment. There, from the safety of your vehicle you can see quizzical zebra, embarrassed wildebeest, elegant sable and a [...]
Books, books and more books
I love reading – it’s really that simple. My parents have fostered my love of reading from an early age, to quote my mother: Money spent on books is money well spent. Some kids have forts built of cardboard boxes; mine was built from books, from Enid Blyton to C.S. Lewis. These days I’ll read [...]
The long, meandering road to self-publishing…
So – for many years I was one of the very many people (according to some statistics) that thought: I have a book in me. After making that grandiose statement on multiply occasions, my husband got tired of hearing it and told me to just ‘go ahead and write it.’ […]