#Emotions - 39 posts

I spent ten days in Malawi and it was probably one of the best trips I've taken in years. I'm struggling to explain it in words but here's my best effort.

My alarm went off ages ago but I keep hitting snooze. Eyes closed, pretending it’s not morning, I imagine I’m in a doorway. I’m standing in …

I woke up feeling sad this morning. This was no real surprise as the last few months have been difficult for me. But I’d been feeling better for the past …

Over the last nearly eight years, I've written 800 blog posts. Here are some thoughts to commemorate the milestone.

A serious post about a breakup, by the Melville Cat.

I became an aunt this year, two times over. Here are my thoughts upon returning from my first visit to the babies, far away in America.

I went to a wedding at Randlords on a Monday, which might seem strange. But this is Joburg, where a wedding on a Monday in December makes perfect sense.

I'm afraid of a lot of things. One of those fears is that I'll never be able to finish the book that I've been trying to write for years.

My friend Dee, who blogs at The Good Holiday, contacted me a couple of weeks ago and asked if I wanted to work with her on a #365Days project in 2016. I …

Over the past month I have been to the following places: Graaff-Reinet, and about seven other small towns around South Africa, Reunion Island, Istanbul (only …

Exactly five years ago, on August 6, 2010, I landed in Joburg and moved into a house in Melville. Several weeks before that, when I was still living in …

Dear Ray, Happy birthday. I’m glad I was able to find wi-fi so I can give you your present on the actual day. We met exactly a year ago, the day before …