Very sad two weeks - losing two of my beloved pets has left me feeling helpless and of course very sad. Helpless because their deaths could have been avoided. My Calico cat, Sally, was 6 years old and

YES! My last post was three months ago! And it was about trying to achieve financial freedom. Well, here's the proof that I've gone full tilt in a backward direction - no time to sit and relax and get

It's been 3 weeks since my last post, which was about Freedom - from a personal perspective - financial freedom, setting myself free from slavery. The reason I haven't posted anything is because I've achieved

Pondering this subject, it could mean so many different things … but it has become a frustratingly personal issue, and it all boils down to life choices. At the age of 60 I have to do three different jobs

Sometimes, not too often, I dream. There is one recurring dream I have about a house in a high walled garden … the house itself resembles my family home which we moved into when I was 17 and remained the

Freedom Day – a public holiday in South Africa celebrated on 27 April. It commemorates the day in 1994 when the first democratic election was held in South Africa and marks the liberation of the people

If you want to form connections with people from all over the world, and if you have a passion for any of a variety of subjects whether it is blogging, history, philosophy, psychology, art, music, photography,

The Quest Write 4 sentences with every word starting with the corresponding letter of the alphabet. For example if you start with the letter A the next word would have to start with B and the following

Who looks outside, dreams Who looks inside, awakes Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist I came across this quote some years ago ... it was so profound. I am a dreamer, an inventor of amazing alternative private

Our attempts at self sustainability are proving to be very difficult. Firstly, we have vervet monkeys, little buggers who steal or break everything (not just in the garden, but from inside the house as

My internet has really been a pain in the butt lately, just no signal, and the last two days no Steemit ... until someone on Discord suggested Busy.org .... how on earth did it take so long for me to discover

Easter Sunday, what a fabulous day here in Leisure Bay, KZN. It was hot and sunny, and I'm sure the locals as well as the holidaymakers had a great time here on one of our beaches. My son and my precious

My home is in Leisure Bay, a little piece of paradise on the East coast of South Africa in the southern part of KwaZulu-Natal, right on the border of the Eastern Cape. From our driveway we can walk in

Brian was the fourth of five children, and his mother was only 20 when he was born! This alone is mind-boggling, four children at age 20, and another one still to come! Details of his first year are sketchy,

The little patch named The Red Desert, with the Mtamvuna River which flows into the Indian Ocean, and the bridge between KZN and Eastern Cape. My little village of Port Edward, on the border of KwaZulu-Natal

Happy birthday to me! I was born on St Patrick's Day so it's usually an eventful day ... good or bad. Let's reflect a little on milestones. I remember my 21st St Patrick's Day, 17 March 1979. I got engaged

This African Rock python is about 3m in length. My son was on his way out last Friday at around 7pm when he came across this magnificent creature. It reared up on about 1meter of it's tail end and flung

My darling grandchild took her first steps today ... I am so overwhelmed with love ... she is 11 months and 5 days old. Over the past month she has been so amped to walk, holding onto my fingers and walking

My life for the past 14+ years has been filled with so many children from different cultures, aged between 5 months and 9 years. The playschool and junior phase learning centre where I work is a lively,

Our little village on the south coast of KwaZulu Natal, South African East Coast, has many amazing beaches. We sometimes take for granted the awesomeness of where we live. A few hundred meters in either