This is a follow-up that’s long overdue. It’s almost 2 years now since I published part 1 – which was a look back on some of the more creative posts on this blog over its history. I’d intended to do the follow-up a few months later, but like so many things in life, it never … More Let it flow (part 2)
Winter sun How I miss you now. When days are filled With work, work, and more work. I first got to know you in very different times Paradoxical in that they were the dark days of my life yet your warmth brightened my heart and radiated through me – giving me peaceful interludes in an … More Winter Sun
With poetic inspiration returning to me at the end of last year, I thought it would be a good time to look back at some of the more creative posts on this blog over its history. Since there’s nearly 7 years to cover, I’ve split the selection over more than one post – hoping to … More Let it flow (part 1)
The last day of the year, in the heart of a South African summer. I’m at work now (sadly), but this time of year brings back fleeting memories of childhood summers gone by: Hours and hours in the back yard playing soccer and cricket; Still more hours and hours on the tennis courts, pushing ourselves … More Summer Daze
I like rooftops because they are freedom. As I write this, I’m seated on one. No ordinary one, mind you; but one in a city of immense peace; on top of a building so blessed that only one other is greater than it. Generally, people aren’t aware of rooftops. They live their lives down below, … More A most blessed rooftop
There’s something different about taking the train. Far from the privacy of traveling by car, yet in some ways, a journey with more solitude; allowing more personal time to think, reflect, and observe; not having to worry about traffic and road obstacles, letting the conductor direct you, in this big, metal carriage, on a fixed … More Train of Thought
Whenever I hear an infant cry, I think of you – remembering the many months when you could do little else to express your wishes to a pair of adoring but stressed parents, that had to cater to your every need, and soothe your every discomfort. The time when you were so small you couldn’t … More For Toddles
I once had a dream, a desperate and beautiful desire, to share my life with another, in a bond unlike any other. To no longer be alone and unloved, but to be a garment unto another, a soulmate – to accompany me through the journey of life. And then that dream came true. But along … More Dreams re-awoken
Knock knock. Who’s there? You know who. That annual visitor, who comes around to remind you of how strong you really are. Who brings with him an abundance of God’s mercy and forgiveness. Whose presence marks a period of tremendously increased reward; where each good deed counts many times over, and every bad one brings … More Reset
It comes again, three years later – for me – the birth of a new day. The rising of a fresh morn, an everyday occurrence, now often overlooked – taken for granted – in the never-ending wheel of grown-up life. The sun’s light spreads far and wide long before his arrival in this place today; … More Sunrise in Paradise
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