The past two months have been a bit of a rollercoaster for me. From highs like our beach wedding vow renewal ceremony and speaking at the Food Blogger Indaba, to lows like my father’s hospitalisation and unexpected death and the sad task of packing up my childhood home and parents’ treasured possessions. But the one theme […]
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Tulip after rain, Keukenhof – May 2010
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SAD. No, we’re not talking about my mood – I mean seasonal affective disorder, a mood disorder in which people who have normal mental health throughout most of the year experience depressive symptoms symptoms in the winter (or, indeed, any particular season), repeatedly, year after year. When my mom first read about it in the 1980s, she had […]
Click here for a full portionMingling with Topless Tarts at the Monthly Mingle!
Tart, n: a) a woman of ill repute; or b) a pastry dish, similar to a pie, but different in that the top is open and not covered with pastry Hands up – who feels like a little tart?? No, luckily for sensitive readers there will be no risque pictures of an improperly attired Cooksister appearing […]
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Robberg Beach, Plettenberg Bay – March 2011
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Bromeliad – February 2008
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