On Friday I went on the Big Wheel in the Waterfront in Cape Town. We’d been planning the spin in the giant ferris wheel for the past week. So when Friday morning poked its rain-drenched head into the Mother City, we were rather miffed. We dressed up, and not wanting to waste a good… Read more »
Monthly Archives: October 2012
The retired violinist
This is a poem that was a product of a writing workshop hosted by author for adults and children, Philip Gross. We were asked to take one postcard from a wide selection of postcards and to then write a short poem. I chose one of an old man sitting in a flat, playing a violin…. Read more »
Am I a grammar Nazi?
I recently considered the question after being called one in a facebook post by a stranger: Am I a grammar Nazi? Do I get irritated by people’s bad grammar? Hell, yes! Do I cringe and feel my intestines twist and knot at the sight? Only in extreme cases. But then thought, is it a bad… Read more »
