Small joys and enduring pleasures
From appreciating life’s small pleasures to life-long relationships with books and music… time to reflect on what keeps us going.
Category: Opinions My thoughts about the world
A year’s weather in crochet – an update
In 2020, the Covid-19 took away my desire for craft. But now it’s back in the form of a crochet data visualisation project.
What I saw on my walk
A quiet walk on a suburban street leads to reflections about life in South Africa in 2021. Things are not pretty.
Everything I know about rescue dogs
How did a cat lover come to be the owner of a series of rescue dogs? And why? Plus some tips on how to cope.
Musings on the meaning of work
When did the work done in the home become less important than work done elsewhere? And why are the people who do that work so under-valued?
Covid-19 vaccine rollout – why the government needs a lot of help from its friends
I am not yet 60, and so I won’t be getting a Covid-19 vaccine any time soon. But it’s not clear that anyone over the age of 60 is getting a vaccine any time soon either. The South African government’s Covid-19 vaccine rollout plan has it that phase two begins on May 17, 2021 – but there is general skepticism that this will in fact happen.
What Covid brought us – paella (or Renee’s rice dish)
Many people took to baking when hit by Covid-19 lockdowns. I did that too – but I also resurrected the art of making paella.
My thoughts about the world
A year’s weather in crochet – an update
In 2020, the Covid-19 took away my desire for craft. But now it’s back in the form of a crochet data visualisation project.
What I saw on my walk
A quiet walk on a suburban street leads to reflections about life in South Africa in 2021. Things are not pretty.
Everything I know about rescue dogs
How did a cat lover come to be the owner of a series of rescue dogs? And why? Plus some tips on how to cope.
Musings on the meaning of work
When did the work done in the home become less important than work done elsewhere? And why are the people who do that work so under-valued?
Covid-19 vaccine rollout – why the government needs a lot of help from its friends
I am not yet 60, and so I won’t be getting a Covid-19 vaccine any time soon. But it’s not clear that anyone over the age of 60 is getting a vaccine any time soon either. The South African government’s Covid-19 vaccine rollout plan has it that phase two begins on May 17, 2021 – but there is general skepticism that this will in fact happen.
What Covid brought us – paella (or Renee’s rice dish)
Many people took to baking when hit by Covid-19 lockdowns. I did that too – but I also resurrected the art of making paella.