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How often have you been disappointed by Chinese take-aways?  Somehow even if you do go to a place regularly, the quality of the food is never consistent.  I was recently invited to my friend’s Chinese take-away place in Douglasdale. She and…

a change is coming

do you feel a change coming? not the ‘rapture’. but just a global shift in consciousness, a shift or rather a synchronicity of global awareness. it has been going on for some time. but it feels like it is gaining…

marriage

marriage. living with a loved one. sharing a home. a space. being able to be yourself in the same space. it is not easy. it is a lot of work and a lot of energy. you handle stress differently. you…

Shanti

My gran, Shanti Ramchandra departed this life on 3 January 2011, at about 7am… It had been a long slow painful struggle to the end – though her mind was still sharp and her humour still in tact. Most of…

Thank you

Another year almost at a close. Highlights 2010 Sale of my Parktown flat – which was my home from 2002. A home that was shared by Sher, my brother, my sister and Shahir (all at various times during ownership) Thank…

Hitched

We really hadn’t planned to get married as such.  A few months ago I asked Carol if she would want to have a civil partnership and she said Yes. Neither of us believes in having a big wedding type thing…

Arts on main and a new bicycle

Finally visited Arts on Main this weekend. Beautiful space in the city – Galleries, restaurant, book shop, garden courtyard. Really glad I did not miss the Ranjith Kally photography exhibition. I bought a mountain bike a few weeks ago. I…

rain

it has been four and a half months since it has rained in Greenside. yes there has been teasing in the form of lighting and thunder, strong winds, dark clouds – but no rain. my fairly newly laid lawn is…

i feared

Vox closed last month. Spent a few weeks deciding where to move my blog to. After exporting to both wordpress and typepad, I decided on Blogger. It just seems right for me. It was a bit of an effort to…

My SA Tourism photo gig

Forgot to mention that in June I had a fantastic opportunity to work on a project for SA Tourism which involved being part of a film crew assigned to an American couple from New York. They were one of four…