
Father’s Day
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‘I cannot think of any need in childhood as strong as the need for a father's protection’ – Sigmund Freud I’m sure there are days we’ve all wished the stern hand or rational opinions of our fathers would disappear under a cloak of invisibility, but very few of us would ever wish to be … [Read More...]

Birthdays
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There are many who avoid celebrating their birthdays and try to sneak it past us birthday enthusiasts. I have girlfriends who lie about their age and who’ve stopped celebrating as soon as they hit their forties. They’re paranoid about getting older, even though there’s nothing they can do to … [Read More...]
Highs and Lows of Being an Author
The Discipline of Writing
"Self-discipline is a form of freedom. Freedom from laziness and lethargy, freedom from the expectations and demands of others, freedom from weakness and fear—and doubt.” - H.A.Dorfman - Some three years ago I read a quote from the Buddha that stated something along the lines of ‘discipline … [Read More...]
Achievement blues
I’ve heard about this thing that can happen when one finally crosses a finish line on an important project, goal, task or dream. This thing where some people get sick, some collapse with exhaustion and some, like me, experience emotional lows so deep we make the post-natal blues mum look like the … [Read More...]
Power in small things
While delivering yet another lecture to my daughter (I prefer to call them insights, but I’m sure she relates to them like a lecture), I was once again reminded of the power of small or little things. She is practicing daily to become better at balancing, tumbling etc for cheerleading. She only … [Read More...]
Writing – another great love
Recently someone asked me if I could describe when I felt happiest in my life. My answer was instantaneous – ‘when I’m writing”. She asked me why I loved writing so much and that’s when I stumbled. I paused and tried to think of reasons which might sound inspiring, intelligent and well… … [Read More...]
Plans versus Life
Before I reprimand myself for allowing my best-laid plans for weekly blogging to go astray, let me at least give myself a tiny pat on the back for daily scribing on my other writing projects. As long as I do some writing every day, I suppose I can still call myself an author or convince myself that … [Read More...]




