Woman&Home, April 2022 One of my first jobs was working at a bookstore in Tygervalley, a shopping centre in the northern suburbs of Cape Town. It was the late 90s, and hardcopy books were still riding high. I worked nights and weekends, but the nights were my favourite: it was quieter and my shift partnerContinue reading “The politics of remembering”
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Women of good characters
It’s the daily chats that keep us connected and our sanity in checkWoman&Home, March 2022 There’s a love letter I write every day. It’s part of an ongoing love letter, written now over almost a decade, in many parts and in many ways: in short phrases, in long tomes, sometimes recorded, sometimes with pictures andContinue reading “Women of good characters”
Love, love me do
If trash-talking yourself is second nature to you, maybe it’s time to take look in the mirror Woman&Home, February 2022 If I asked you to go to a mirror right now, look yourself in the eyeballs and say: ‘I love you. I am worthy of love. I am worthy of respect. I am beautiful andContinue reading “Love, love me do”
The pursuit of happiness
It’s a bumpy road, but it’s yours if you want it Woman&Home, January 2022 In the south of Turkey, on the dusty rise of a hill, lie the stone ruins of an ancient piazza. The hefty limestone blocks that lie scattered between the scrub and olive trees are notable for just one remarkable feature: they’reContinue reading “The pursuit of happiness”
Once upon a dream
Celebrations big and small mark the magic we make in the world Woman&Home SA, December 2021 This is the fantasy: A lush garden party on a warm summer’s evening, with nothing but the full moon, fire pits and candles for light. Maybe some fairy lights and colourful lanterns strung between trees. Over there, in theContinue reading “Once upon a dream”
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