Category Archives: Musings
Musing and reflecting on all sorts of issues.
One of those days
Some days are harder than others. Or that’s how it is for me.
Truly, I wish I were one of those remarkably consistent people. Especially since I work with young people, consistency would have been not just handy, but logical and just. Alas, I don’t possess it.
A letter to the missing piece
A letter to the missing piece.
Three bird visits
Three bird visits
In the last week, I’ve been privileged to have been visited by three different types of birds.
A Sunny day in South Africa
Another sunny day in Uitenhage
Goodbye Springboks
Goodbye, Springboks
An open letter to my fellow former Springbok rugby fans.
Let us not be sad. After all, as all South Africans know, dead Springbok means biltong.
Will the World end in Wales?
Will the (Springbok) World end in Wales?
During my personal trials this week I’ve been telling myself: At least I’m not a worn-out, toothless herbivore facing a raging red dragon with my back to a cliff, a crag or a crevasse in the Welsh winter this weekend.
Alas, what awaits the hapless herbivores in the land of other people’s fathers tomorrow?
Dear Springboks
An open letter to the Springboks, from the fans.
Dear Springboks
Things have not been the same between us for a long time now.
Dear God
Dear God
It really has been a very hard year.
Now, you give the world Donald Trump … and take Leonard Cohen in the same week? Things are getting out of hand.
Please, may we discuss?
Yours sincerely
like-minded mere mortals
Forward
Recently a young friend started his valedictory speech with these words: “When you embark for strange places don’t leave any of yourself safely on the shore. Have the nerve to go into unexplored territory.” Alan Alda.