Petros has a Saturday landscaping job in Amanzimtoti. It is not that far from where we stay, but it is right at the top of a very long, steep hill. He has been putting in extra time during the week completing the bamboo pathway that he designed, and his health, right now, is not that robust…
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I received a message from Virgin Active yesterday to say that the water temperature had climbed and that the Aqua class would be held this morning at 8:15. This was good news to me and the decision was made to get up and attend it.
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I thought I would speak about the Media Hype that constantly focuses on Beauty and Perfection these days, and the harm and dissatisfaction that this perception causes to so many people around the world.
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Today is the first time I am attempting to update my Noladwrites.com Blog while using the computer.
Throughout my working life I was a typist and I must confess that I was never sorry that I chose this as a profession. When, in Standard Six, I failed Latin, Maths and Science, my choices were not that vast. I had to change to Bookkeeping, Typing and Biology. I seemed to be more suited to those easy subjects. Both my brothers excelled in the first choice and attained university degrees, I didn’t.
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A very exciting day for me today!
My new Blog has gone live and you can view it at noladwrites.com.
Insomnia …
Two thirty in the morning and I am wide awake after 3 hours of deep sleep. I wish I knew what wakes me at this ungodly hour!
From a very young age I was taught a valuable lesson by my father.
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On waking this morning the day looked perfect, so much so that I invited a friend to accompany me to Durban to take a bike ride along the promenade. Sadly, this was not to be. He had work organised. So the plans of mice and men…
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My darling mother, Thelma Whittle, would have been 98 today.
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A rather exciting, unexpected event has occurred which has me chomping at the bit.
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