Imagine a world where you stop listening to the radio because you get annoyed by how music that has been on repeat since 2016 keeps getting interupted by the constant…
The Kooks: 10 Tracks to Echo in the Dark — How Did I Miss This
Like most Caucasian men of my age, I am a FIFA song aficionado. A staple of any FIFA playlist is The Kooks song: Always Where I Need To Be. Vivid…
Rizzle Kicks — How Did I Miss This
A song that popped on my spotify recently. The song is called Big Bad Mood by Jordan Stephens. An absolute jam that provides equal parts societal critique and dance banger.…
It’s like trying start a business with one-hand tied (broken) behind your back
I have had an interesting year so far, let me take you through it and get to what I am thinking about at the moment. 1st of March: It was…
Burnt plastic spatulas
I sat there scrolling through my phone as a potato fritata fried on the stove. I failed to smell any burning but heard something fall. It turns out leaning a…
A Sjambok, a belt and an axe
You are fifty four years old There are tears, still many tears You tell your story in IsiXhosa Your daughter interprets Age thirteen A belt around your neck She pulls…
Old Lady in the Slow Lane – How I Learned to Love the Squat
My plumbline of how old I am is my granddaughter. She is two years old, and I spend a fair amount of time with her. I am fascinated by every…
7 Things Only South African Millennials Will Remember
All Aboard The South African Nostalgia Train! You can deny it all you want, but when everything you grew up with starts becoming extinct and little kiddies begin calling you…
Why I stopped playing Golf – and why I started playing again.
“I have no idea how to play this!” said my playing partner as I walked over to my ball on the green. His ball was in a bunker behind the…
Okay, but; What Happened This Year?
I haven’t written a blog post in 8 months. So, this might be a weird one. I wanted to write a post that explains where I have been on a…