Weekly Challlenge – A Manner of Speaking

I have been looking for an opportunity to capture the beauty of the colorful and crude dialect used by a large portion of the Cape community for a long time. Thinking about the response I would get from my readers and what they are looking for, I have, however, never been able to find the …

Daily Prompt – Personal Space

Why do we blog? I have been asked this quite a few times, albeit mostly by people who have no inclination to write. Those who blog seem to just "get it". I think all bloggers start out from the same basic need: to write. To play with words, flirt with language and have a fling …

May Day and more

Happy May Day to all! I hope you are making good use of your day to relax and spend some quality with your loved ones. Let's just spare a minute to think not only about how far we have come to fight for workers rights, but also how much still remains to be down to …