the long-suffering onethe other long-suffering one I love Christmas. There is something about the hope that the season brings speaks straight to my romantic heart. Here in Cape Town we have a sunny Southern Hemisphere Christmas, complete with beaches, salads & cooling cucumber-laced spritzers. It is…
My Journey to a Simple Life Change is afoot in the world, as it always is. It seems to me however that at the moment people are stirring more, getting into action more, and taking a stand for their beliefs. But then surely this is how…
Inspired by a visiting traveller friend of mine, today I counted the number of countries I have visited. I have been to 57 countries. And passed through the airports, for a day or night, of 3 more. So that is almost 60 different countries of which…
My eldest & I are reading Heidi Grows Up at the moment, having read Heidi and become hooked - to the simple story, and perhaps more to the descriptive prose that conjure up almost tangible scenes, sounds and scents of the Swiss Alps. We read a…
Taken by my husband on a foggy autumn evening, I love this picture. Maybe in part because I know what lies beneath the fog, I can see the lighthouse, the houses, the wide expanse of coast and waves. But for this moment, all details were hidden,…