Month: June 2014

Woza Moya Little Traveller Movies

June 26, 2014

I don’t spend much time on social or online media these days, as I have been consciously putting focus and energy into the here and now, and creating rather than absorbing. I do, however, thoroughly enjoy it when following the occasional link on facebook takes me somewhere that makes me smile. Tonight, I stumbled across some old videos … More Woza Moya Little Traveller Movies

Her Voice

June 7, 2014

Wanting to bring Ouma’s voice to her memorial – to bring her memory alive, somehow, and feel the comfort of her presence – I read out extracts from her letters over the many years during which we corresponded. 27/04/1999 Harfield Village Dearest Laurel, As the winter approaches, I’m becoming a ‘kitchen dweller’ – the sun … More Her Voice

Favourite quotes from ‘The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel’

June 1, 2014

Sunaina: Do you love me, Sonny? Sonny: My feelings cannot be reduced to a single word. Sunaina: It is a nice word. People like hearing it. *** Evelyn: There is no past that we can bring back by longing for it. Only a present that builds and creates itself as the past withdraws. *** Evelyn: … More Favourite quotes from ‘The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel’

Shattered

June 1, 2014

Broken shards of glass spread across the kitchen floor – jagged edges glistening, and tiny slivers hiding in shadows, evading my later attempts to make the tiles safe once more for tender feet (how quickly we imbue our human qualities of spite and craftiness into objects inanimate). The sound crashes into my consciousness before I … More Shattered