“Good morning,” the Bokmakierie bird would have said, if I had eyes to see and ears to hear. He was sitting on a thorn tree branch outside the kitchen window, watching me chop carrots. He saw me first, because I didn’t look up the first or second time that he...
This morning, I walked away from a sticky situation and left it in the hands of someone more capable because I simply didn’t have the patience to deal with drama – not before a cup of tea, certainly. Impatience has been a permanent stain on my character for as long as...
Once again, it’s been the best and worst of times for our country – and our little slice of it, in particular. Over the past few weeks, we’ve hardly had time to blink. From one crime or disaster to another, it was hardly surprising that expatriates named and shamed us...
Hitting the halfway mark in life is a blessing or a curse, depending on whether you’re feeling the love, or counting crow’s feet instead. This was the most memorable quote thrown at me when I cruised out of my thirties recently. Truly, I expected to be a banshee of...