Recent writing
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Dear New Year
ReadDear New Year, I know that every new year, most people make resolutions, devoting themselves to quitting smoking/losing weight/stopping with the midnight snacks/promising they’ll get more sleep. As we all…
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ten things about this year of great change.
ReadIt’s 27 December. Let me just catch that up quickly. Here goes: 1. It means I am 11864 days old. Looking at that number, I suddenly feel VERY young again.…
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A family birthday – beyond the fairytale.
ReadWhen I was seven – the very age my daughter is now – I cutely quipped to my mom that “anniversaries are family birthdays”. Growing up, my parents’ anniversaries were…
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the thing they do not tell you.
Read“…the thing they do not tell you about being a writer who talks of life and such, is that you will cry. A lot. At your desk. When nobody else…
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touchstones and a lack of cliches
ReadThere are a number of songs that form the soundtrack to my life. For some crazy-wonderful reason, vh1 has rebranded and refocused…and they now play all those songs. 24 hours…
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#rememberme
ReadA few weeks ago, I blogged about #rememberme. The culmination of this campaign was an event, held in Durban over the weekend. Put together by Spiga D’Oro and a bunch of…
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Bring out your trolls.
ReadRight. So, here goes. I have had trolls on my mind a lot this week. I’ve learnt to roll with them, laugh at them and move beyond them. It is…
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There’s a thing about friends.
ReadFriends are never sought out, they happen. They don’t arrive in your life with a sign that says “Hi, I’m your friend. You and I will impart intimate details of…
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I could squeal from the cuteness.
ReadI know we’ve all heard this song before but, did you know that it was actually made up by a mama? Yep. Made up by a mum, sung by a…
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Protected: I never talk about this.
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