perspectives

“Isn’t it strange how comforting the sleeping presence of someone we love and have missed can be and how very claustrophobic that sleeping presence feels when it is of someone with whom were are in conflict, even in the biggest of homes.” ~ Tania M...
autumn

autumn

Yesterday was a hot, summery sort of day that turned into a beautiful evening of clear skies and a billion stars. I even commented to a friend that the Easter weekend is going to be kind to our little holiday village with weather like this. To my surprise, I awoke...
the power of the word

the power of the word

Life has a funny way of bringing us to where we need to be, sometimes, indeed most of the time, without our even being aware that it is happening. When I trained as a coach, we were given an extraordinary quote by a man whom I had not previously heard of. The words,...
don’t push the river…

don’t push the river…

The Kowie River; this is one of the views I am treated to daily.  It flows out into the sea through the pier in Port Alfred.  I have become familiar with the rhythms of the river, the tidal changes, its moods, the animals and birds that inhabit its waters and banks at...
are we there yet….?

are we there yet….?

I am terribly impatient! The closer things get the more I want to rush them along.  I just get so excited!  When I was a child my parents learned very quickly not to tell me in advance of anything special that was coming up, because I would wind myself up like a...