Christmas Cat and the Pudding Pirates
November 27, 2020
Panto 2020 season is a bit quiet this year, but this soundtrack brings back the magic of theatre.
Life in the UK
Bog Roll
October 15, 2020
As the so called “second wave” of the Coronavirus threatens to hit, there are growing reports that we are at it again – Buying bog roll.
Stats and Statues
June 14, 2020
Stats and statues : You are the slave enabler. You are the statue.
Bake Your Own Water
March 12, 2020
Bake your own water sponge cake. Rhodie recipe for sponge, happiness and resilience. Hard times have always been with us. The world has changed a lot over time, but some truths prevail. I’m thinking about people. No matter how much we indulge ourselves in fun, shopping, complaining and other entertaining distractions – We become brave
Lest We Forget September
September 12, 2019
September – South African songwriter Don Clarke
Tannie Evita Bezuidenhout, Cadre Evita, Funny Evita
May 28, 2019
Uys has made me cry many times over the years, often with laughter – not always. A razor-sharp satirist, with or without eyelashes.
Access to Help – Illness with PTSD UK
April 28, 2019
In theory, there is a huge focus on access to mental health support in the UK. I imagine this is a driver worldwide, at least in the so-called civilized parts. How well is this working when it comes to the now ageing, frailing veterans of the Bush wars that were conscripted to fight for long,
Don’t Sell a Lie for Votes
August 28, 2018
Don’t Sell a Lie for Votes – AKA MR RAMAPHOSA – AKA President x or PM Y News is trickier to untangle than my crochet wool. Surface news, fake news & 3 mystic triplets that may or not run the world got a bit much I just switched off. It’s hard living in a cocoon. Despite
Rhodesian Remembrance 2018 UK
August 1, 2018
They were only boys…but their stoic heroism survives.
They are etched forever in our hearts, minds and souls,
Their names forever engraved on our Rhodesian scrolls,
“Hamba kahle”, brave soldiers prematurely gone to rest,
“Sala kahle”, by your legacies Rhodesians are truly blessed. – by Alf Hutchison
Hurricane Ophelia
October 16, 2017
Life in the UK has a sepia tint to it today. Hurricane Ophelia has altered the skies above us. The pic of sunrise in the USA today is for benchmarking – & because we need friends & we are all doing our bit to get a good trade deal from our American cousins 🙂 Shhhh…