Being me in the world
Today is Mandela Day. Even though he’s been gone for a while now, the legacy of someone like that should be honoured and live on forever. We did the Parkrun this morning. I’m not even registered for these runs, but have actually done four already. It’s a bit of a challenge to get up pretty…
We watched a really cute movie this evening – Playing it Cool. The main attraction of the film in the DVD shop I think was that it stars Chris Evans. As it turned out, the film is really well written, very funny, quite cute and great fun – and Chris Evans is actually good. In…
I have started getting into the swing of exercising in Joburg (as opposed to Sedge / Gonubie, where it is much easier and I have more time). Today I went for a run and a walk. Both of which were great fun. I ran about 3kms – most of the way, although I did have…
Today is the anniversary of Dad’s death. Five years ago, my world was shattered. All of our worlds. And yet, it is a bitter sweet day, because there are so many, many memories of him that are just so wonderful and enriching. It is also a day that reinforces so many thoughts and memories of…
I have never been a person to talk about personal ‘journeys’ so much, until recently. Now, I think that focusing on the idea of a particular journey (this cancer one), makes me think about other journeys in life so much more. We are all on different journeys all the time. Sometimes they overlap for us…
I don’t like being cold, but I love clear, windy Winters days. I also really enjoy going running on days like that (once I am out of my warm bed) – especially along the water in Sedge and along the beach front in Gonubie. I find that there is something therapeutic about following a familiar…
Everything is relative. Everything affects us in some kind of way, often which we don’t realise at the time. I spoke to Bridget the other day, looking, I think, for some kind of conversation with one person who I know actually knows. It was quite interesting that I barely said anything about how I was…
It’s always quite a surprise when something you are anticipating and can even feel turn out to be quite different, or almost the opposite. Like today. It’s the middle of July, so you can reasonably expect that the weather will be chilly to cold, especially when there is a wind. Well, not this wind. I…
Sometimes you read something that just resonates… We are now in Gonubie, visiting Gran and Oupa (because they never managed to get to Sedgefield). On the bathroom wall, there are some inspirational quotes. One says something like ‘a day is not perfect unless you have done something for someone who cannot repay you.’ It makes…
Today worked the opposite from yesterday, at least I think so. At about 6:30, it was completely overcast and very wet. The precipitation was still coming down in that typical coastal, fine drizzle that is never actually worth calling a ‘shower’, but that will definitely wet you through in a relatively short time. By 8:00,…