I was hanging up the washing this morning, and struggling with the heavy water-logged towels, when I happened to look up. That’s when I noticed the sky. A brilliant . deep . breathtaking . blue. Look: These awe-inspiring, gasp-inducing autumn skies make up for all the cloudy, drizzly, wind-swept, cloud-blankets that always become more prevalent…
Throughout the long, cold, wet winter, I had neglected my herb garden quite badly. As a result, almost all of my herbs had died and even the hardier ones only barely survived the cold, the wet, the wind, the damp, the mould, the fungus, the aphids, the snails, the slugs, the hadedas, the cats, the…
“They’re Back! Church Bulletins: Thank God for church ladies with typewriters — misspellings, bad sentence construction or choice of words all make for fun reading. These sentences actually appeared in church bulletins or were announced in church services: The Fasting & Prayer Conference includes meals. The sermon this morning: ‘Jesus Walks on the Water.’ The…
About a week ago, I blogged about the upcoming CANSA Shavathon on Saturday, the 7th of March 2009. Well, we went and did it! And we survived the embarrassment of getting our heads shaved in public. I’d emailed all my (local) friends as well as all the students in our research group at varsity, and…
In June last year, I wrote about an organisation in Colorado, USA, called the Peaceful Prairie Sanctuary. I’d received their compelling Letter from a Vegan World via a South African group of Vegans calling themselves Elated, an acronym for “Enhancing the Lives of Animals Through Ethical Decisions”. I hadn’t visted their blog (Peaceful Prairie Sanctuary)…
After Flandrum Hill posted a cute little story of Canadian chickadees, I remembered that I had recently taken some photos of a little Cape White-eye taking a bath in the little birdbath in our front garden. As you can see, they are small green-yellow birds with a startling white circle around their eyes. They are…
Grains of Sand 