During lockdown, there is time to ponder. I happened to look at the Union Jack one day and wondered how it came to be. It is a combination of the flags of the patron saints and their associated countries that make-up the United Kingdom: St Patrick for Northern...

Staring out of the lounge window, I get lost. With the little powerhouse of warmth and energy wrapped in black fur lying next to me, we watch them.     There are 3 of them. All grey fur with white tummies. They circle down the trunk of the large bare tree...

We have two time zones at home: my little home office where hours are obsessively adhered to because I have to cram in meetings and deadlines in an 11 or 12 hour working day while outside of this, time is malleable. There are no wall clocks and an old clock from my...

What he wanted to say was that he needed more time to reply to the riddle but all that Gollum heard Bilbo say was “time”. This was the answer to the final riddle in the chapter “Riddles in the Dark” from “The Hobbit” (J.R.R. Tolkien). How often do we hear and read...

There are things I do miss about the Cape. I miss the weekend lunches with my mom and dad where, after a wholesome home cooked meal of 3 courses too many and lots of laughter, we would sit down in the lounge for coffee and chocolates. For the record – this was after...