After a positive visit to the surgeon last week and on an invitation from Maurice Young in Alvorge, Rozanne and I went to watch our local...

Good news from the surgeon, my markers have improved and CT scans clear. The longer it stays so the better it is my surgeon tells me. He...

Scans, Stoicism, ESG. This has been a week of preparation for my medical review. Bloods done, scans on Friday and my consultation next...

New Year Wow, the start of yet another year. When you get to my age you wonder how many more? Not the fear of the number, rather the hope...

Year-End Thoughts I do not know about you lot, but the days between Christmas and New Year as a child seemed to be a time of peace on the...

Reflection. Thanks For Comments. It is still raining! As the year draws to a close it always seems to be for me, a time of reflection....

Where is the Criticism? I follow the artist Craig Bone on Facebook. Craig is a very successful Zimbabwean-born artist who in my eyes...

Leaves and Contemplating the Ego Generation. “Every generation blames the one before. And all of their frustrations come beating on your...

Discord at ‘Old Farts’ and My Roots. Every Thursday we, the ‘Old farts’, meet for a drink and a chat to resolve all the problems of the...

Braai. Community Duty. Finally, almost a year after Covid-19 restrictions in Portugal, last weekend Rozanne and I decided to have a...

Gout. Name and Shame? I rarely drink now, half a glass of red wine at lunch and the odd whisky at night. This Sunday, Siobhan Franklin, a...

Homegrown and The Climate Band Wagon Why is it that anything you eat from your own orchard, garden or field always tastes better than...

Reflections It is two years this week since I was diagnosed with my second bout of cancer having suffered multiple heart failure brought...

Oh Shit! Not Once, Many Times I start with the explanation “Oh Shit!” repeated many times. After collecting the Jag last week from the...

Leadership As I get older I feel the world is becoming crazier and crazier by the day. Just look at works of art being sprayed with...