So, I stood stone sober in a winery on Wednesday and spoke to 88 women about “anything”. Being asked to publicly speak is daunting. It ranks number 5 in current stats on what we fear the most. And being asked to speak about “anything” is about as useful as being asked to speak about “nothing”. …
So, occasionally a lioness will give her cub a tap on the bum. She does this to pull her wayward cub into line. Because maybe he has something he needs to learn. Or maybe her cub has strayed too far from the herd. Maybe doing something that’s not so safe. Or maybe her cub was …
So, I’m in recovery from a forced digital detox. Of late, I seemed to have said it to myself often. New year, new moon – It’s time to log out of work and take a day off social media. Even better, time to log out of life and turn off every device I own. But …
So, it takes over 100 hours of banging to change the dimension of an object. That is, if you bang something hard enough and long enough, it can change from something that is flat, to something that is round. Or something that is inert, to something that is alive. Or maybe even something that is …
So, the thermostat on my car read 45 degrees. It was stupid hot. And seeing the numbers on thermostat somehow made me feel the intensity of the heat even more. There’s a horror in this type of hot. The dry, north wind scratching at your throat every time you take a breath. The heaviness of …
So, I’m of an age where I do a prophylactic wee before attempting any type of high impact activity. I thought of this as I told my morning surfing posse that this week was Brazilian week. My shared information was met with kinda awkward stares. So I explained that far from pubic hair sculpting, this …
So, it was me driving at 25km down golf links road on sunday. I slow this final leg of my drive home a lot. There can be hundreds of reasons I don’t want my solo drivetime to end. Why my right foot eases back. Sometimes unconscious – I’m trying so hard to be ‘mindful’, I …