Today in South Africa, a country very close to my heart, millions of people are already joining long queues in the cold sunshine to cast their vote in the general election. Pray today for the South Africans, for wisdom as they choose their next leader, and for a smooth and non-violent outcome. I can’t forget…
I am in denial that I leave in four days. Most of the trips I have made in the past have been planned months and months in advance, usually because I was an impoverished student and a) needed to book the tickets years in advance to get them cheap enough and b) needed the thought…
my left arm feels like someone punched me reeeeeally hard. I got my typhoid jab this morning from my lovely English doctor and have had that weird sensation ever since that I’ve been lying on my arm. You know that sinking feeling when you wake up lying on your front with both your arms underneath…
My former flatmate (for three years she put up with me in the same building) and knitter-extroadinaire, Ellie, wrote one of those lists of 25 things about yourself, which are currently the craze all over facebook and the blogosphere. (I’m not writing one because I want to remain mysterious…) This is what she wrote… 9….
In the flower shop clutching two pots of just-sprouting bulbs… Shop assistant: Are these a gift? Me: No Shop assistant: Aah, you need a little corner of spring in your home! Me: Desperately! (photo from here)