Its HERE!  The Olympic games are on again.  Every four years there is a little spark that ignites inside me.  Its when the Olympic games sta...

I have been in Amsterdam now for a week. I have had to take leave as I arrived a week earlier than my training is scheduled, so I c...

I am in Amsterdam at the moment. Have been here since Saturday afternoon. I have a week of training next week and I had to take a weeks le...

Went walking with the dogs and realised that my oldest is nearly 50, with the middle adolescent at 21 and then the little youngster at 14.  ...

After returning from Indaba (travel show) last week Tuesday night, I woke up on Wednesday morning a little swolen. By Wednesday evening ...

Last weekend was the annual Indaba travel fair in Durban. As usual we were there standing on the stand smiling from Friday till Tuesday...

So I finally caved and asked

I was watching Invictus this weekend, on Freedom day, for the first time. The movie was mediocre with bad American actors pretending to s...

There is a winter coming Cold and wet Testing summer light for endurance The Winter with its rain drops Testing the lasting flowers of Summe...

Today was a particularly interesting day. After church this morning (a very interesting service), we decided to go for an early lunch afte...

I decided to give up coffee and white flour for Lent this year. It was quite tough because I am Afrikaans and love bread, cake, cookies and ...

Today is the Crucifixion of Jesus. Its a solemn, respectful day that celebrates, but also reverence the day that Jesus went through the most...

We were privileged enough to be invited to a naming ceremony yesterday. Its a couple from our church. The father, Kolade, is from Nigeria an...

Its Easter tine again and I am feeling a little less than holy. In past years I have been very happy and content during this time of the yea...

I have started a new ritual every morning. I have started to meditate. Yes, Christians can also meditate. Every morning when I wake up an...

Some friends and us organized to go to a UMF (Ultimate Muaythai Fighting) contest held at Grand West over the weekend. Let it be said, we t...

I am sitting at work bobbing my head and tapping my toes to tunes that are busy infiltrating my spine and making my whole body want to get u...

I am back at that age old (redundant) discussion. This morning I got a phone call from my mother telling me to tune in to their favorite ra...