Time and Mistletoe ‘A family tie is like a tree, it can bend but it cannot break’ African proverb We have been lucky to enjoy Christmas in many places. One of our happiest ones was shared with my parents when we first went to Cape Town 16 years ago.… Read More »SLOW
Amazing Mother Nature Travelling is learning – Kenyan proverb We’re due to fly to Bali tomorrow. However, the mighty volcano, Mount Agung may have other plans for us. It started to erupt a few days ago. It is emitting ash and according to the Indonesian alert system, is currently… Read More »Travel
Food, Glorious Food! One shares food not words. ~ Somali Proverb Nosh! Tucker! Grub! Everybody loves food. Everyone I know, anyway. November is World Vegan Month and this year I took the vegan pledge. I have dallied with veganism. I say dallied because pieces of cheese still magically found… Read More »Food
Mother City time ‘POLE, POLE NDIO MWENDO’ Slow, slow is the way to go Time – ‘A stitch in time saves nine’, ‘time is of the essence’, ‘time is money’ – These are some of the attitudes towards time that many of us grew up with. And yet I… Read More »Slow