“Crossroads”, the 1986 film with Ralph Macchio, introduced me to blues music. The film is about Robert Johnson, the famous blues guitarist. Some scenes were dirty and sweaty. Steve Vai’s guitar screamed in battle against the former Karate Kid. It felt raw and primal. I fell in love with the blues and the guitar in […]
Month: April 2023
The once demonised pigs are now soaring
High school was a very unusual experience for me. The first year was one of the major adjustments. Through the grapevine, I heard that some older boys were interested in me. We had four annual proms (one per term) and the first one was the Valentine’s Ball. One of these boys asked me to be […]
Now I get why I’m obsessed with Greeks
In high school, my first elective was Latin. It was a requirement for law school but I had no intention of becoming a lawyer. My interest was in the histories. The stories I knew up to that point were from the Bible and Hans Christiaan Anderson. Some movies were an introduction to the undiscovered Greek […]
The outlandish curiosity of a girl
Urban legends and ghost stories are part of every community. In addition to music, ghost stories are one of my favourite topics. The Ghost of the Little Karoo is a famous South African story. Likewise Anton Goosen’s song about her. “Blommetjie gedenk aan my” is about the ghost of Uniondale. It tells of lovers, a motorbike accident over Easter, […]
Now I understand, I don’t have spiritual stagnation!
Going down the spiritual path, something I thought necessary, was to be “happy” consistently. At the same time, the idea of being yourself, fully, was a requirement for “living your best life”. “This may be problematic” I thought since I’ve always been a bit of a moody one! But try as I may, I don’t remember […]
I broke it!
What it was… Who would have thought it was my subconscious programming all along…? When I started my first full-time job in 2006/7 after returning from the United Arab Emirates. I saw an advertisement for the most attractive mobile phone I had ever seen. My first camera phone was given to me in 2004 by […]
The Rat Who Slipped In The Backdoor Of My Mind
Unforgettable music is definitely one of the things that excites me the most. I feel the music I listen to in a way that I’ve only recently begun to understand. The first song I was obsessed with was “Baby makes her blue jeans talk” by Dr Hook (I was 5). How the subconscious works is […]
Before I open my eyes, I lock into the feeling of my heartbeat. I decide how I want my day to be. Even if I’m feeling a little off, I intend to have the best outcome from that feeling. Once I’ve made up my bed, I sit and meditate for a little bit (between 5 […]
Making the astonishing connections with love
In July 2018, I spent a year sober, not mingling with the same people, and busying myself with learning to programme. It seemed like I had my shit together. But I didn’t! One day I was triggered by the person who always triggered me the most. I was confused and yet so clear at the […]
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