At 7 I ran away from home to find my purpose in life and by 11am I was home, starving. No one had even missed me. When I asked 'them' where they thought I was, they replied, 'in your tree house - probably

I love WORDS, Pixabay Spoken, written, whispered, sung or shouted....... They take me by the hand into vast tracts of ideas and thoughts, fact and fiction. I wander in those lush green valleys as my

Liz, Nicko and Philippa, new friends of the Survivors' Club trio were delighted to be invited to lunch by Wil. Wil, his fiance Vi and their best friend Lila had thoroughly enjoyed a South African braai

Elizabeth continued with her mountain climb adventure……………… The wind did not blow the clouds away. Within 45 minutes we stopped and with a feeling of dread we put our rain jackets on and secured waterproof

Lila opened the website of the ‘Wil, Lil and Vi survivors’ club’ and was delighted to receive an invitation from an avid reader of all the survivor stories that were featured on it. She met Wil and Vi

Lila, steaming cup of early morning tea in hand, browsed the website of the “Wil, Lil and Vi Survivors’ Club” and found the most fascinating true story of Harry Wolhuter who was an early ranger in a South

I fell in love with my husband as a teenager and accepted without question his participation and addiction to the game of rugby. Watching him, tall and lean with the ball under his arm flying down the

The short answer to that is 'NO'! Lee and Doug live in Johannesburg. A Zimbabwean works for them as caretaker on their large property combining business premises and a sprawling family home. He went to

It was our first visit to Canada since our daughter relocated to Fort St Johns some years ago. Himself (my husband) and I found communicating with the locals who were apparently speaking English, challenging

The little ones are quarreling over whose biscuit is bigger - Craig is weeping as his has broken in two - 'there there,' I mutter, 'the others only have one each.' His 3 year old eyes narrow, calculating......

Image source 'You remember mom, when I was little and you took me to the movies......with popcorn and everything. We went to see that dude on the flying carpet........all that mushy music and Disney stars

Lila arranged a small party to share the joy of Vi and Wil's engagement. The three survivors had joined a group of wine tasters combined with musical evenings and had made several friends. Vi had once

My daughter was born after an extremely short labour, all properly in the hospital. My husband was also in recovery..... from the terror of perhaps having to deliver her in the back seat of the car. He

Lila was browsing the website of the “Wil, Lil and Vi Survivors’ club” and she read Sander Hoffman’s true account of a rogue bull elephant’s attack on tourists in the Kruger Park. It was stunning to the

I love WORDS, Pixabay Spoken, written, whispered, sung or shouted....... They take me by the hand into vast tracts of ideas and thoughts, fact and fiction. I wander in those lush green valleys as my

The panic was in the waiting. It came in waves especially at 2 am when Lila would wake up with her heart threatening to burst out of her chest. She would sit up and sip water from her bedside glass, first

TO FROLIC is to have FUN............. be funny, suck the juices of joy out of living. Be a friend to the shy girl, introduce her to the crowd. Join in when the silly photo is being staged. Collapse into

Bert and Lucas were enjoying the carefree abandon of a stomach clenching, side splitting LAUGH. Neither of them had had a best buddy ever before and while it felt strange to have someone to go around with

Bert and Lucas were enjoying the carefree abandon of a stomach clenching, side splitting LAUGH. Neither of them had had a best buddy ever before and while it felt strange to have someone to go around with