Farewell Dinner Menu - Bloemfontein Castle 27 Dec 1954

Creative Writing

One of the side-effects of having your work appear in a public forum such as this is that people often email me asking for advice on how to break into writing, presumably figuring that if a drooling gum-brain like me can scrape a living witlessly pawing at a keyboard, there's hope for anyone. ~ Charlie Brooker

"Words are like cockroaches – only once the lights are off do they feel free to scuttle around on the kitchen floor." 

Strategies to Improve Writing Style

You don't have to spend more than a few minutes in a marketing forum, to discover that everyone seems to be looking for Strategies to Improve Writing Style that will solve their internet marketing challenges.

When Highlanders get bored with their sheep....

Be Happy Elephants don't flaai....

If a birdie in da skaai

Drops a poopy in ur aai,

Don’t ju worri don’t ju kraai,

Just be happi that

Elephants don’t flaai !!

Unknown.


EDIT: This ditty was sent to me by my dear friend Judy Gierut who passed away peacefully on 28th November 2009. Love you Judes - and Flaai High !

Are Dreams 'Whispering's of the Soul' ?
I have experienced some very profound dreams recently.  This got me thinking about trying to see if I could find any meaning to them. They were way too real to ignore and never before have I felt that 'I was the dream'.

Are dreams the whispering's of the Soul... ?

12 Keys to Spiritual Activism

Again, soothing music set to some very profound statements.

Spiritual Activism seeks to raise up others, not make them dependent and compassion flows from the understanding of the connectivity of all living things and needs to be applied with wisdom.

"The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence of all these living beings, which are all part of one another and all involved in one another." - Thomas Merton

Learn to choose your causes carefully.
Learn to act and not re-act.
Apply synergy and teamwork to accomplish goals.

"Integrity is doing the right thing even if no one is watching." - Unknown

"An eye for an eye make the whole world blind" - Mahatma Ghandi

Learn to cultivate Metta (The act of loving-kindness) in your heart.

Faith is taking the first step without seeing the staircase.
(click title for link to the 12 Keys)

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The Dash Movie

Here is a lovely poem set to soothing music and stunning scenery !
Click the link on the title to take you away to another land.....

You won't regret it !

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Dead Mars, Dying Earth

Authors:
Dr. John E. Brandenburg & Monica Rix Paxson

We know there was once life on Mars: We have found the evidence in meteorites.
So the question is, how alive was Mars and how did it die?

What could the demise of Mars reveal about the future of our own planet, Earth?

In this compelling account, scientist John E Brandenburg, Ph.D. and Monica Rix Paxon reveal the deadly connection between the two planets.

Dead Mars, Dying Earth is the remarkable true story of scientific discoveries that have consequences for the entire human race, present and future. Detailing three decades of Martian exploration – from the first pictures sent back by Mariner 9 to the discovery of Martian microfossils – the authors show how the facts about Mars expose the danger that our own planet is in. We are on course for global disaster; unless we take immediate action our own planet may suffer a similar fate to Mars.

Through global warming, the thinning of the ozone layer and our continued use of fossil fuels, we are reversing the process that first made human life possible on Earth and that once nurtured life on Mars. We have set ourselves on course for extinction, but we can certainly slow the process down. And we may even be able to reverse it completely by adhering to the suggested strategy outlined in this book.

Blending scientific reason with human passion, Dead Mars, Dying Earth calls us to take immediate responsibility for the world in which we live.

Posted with kind permission of Dr John E. Brandenburg

My Story

Oupa Teddy from Scotland, Pippa, Piet and Poppie (handmade by Pam)









I arrived
I saw
I travelled the seas
By boat
South Africa
A teddy bear
A wicker chair
Highland dancing
School
Work
Money
Car
Draughtswoman
Mat-Hand
Married
Baby
Move to Johannesburg
Baby two
More work
Children boarding school
Patchwork
Pottery
New job

Now I spin
Now I write
I look forward to Table Mountain

I will travel
I will weave with the yarn that I spin
I will write regularly
I will do pottery again
I will laugh
I will dance
I will age but my spirit will never die.


'lil Pam
1 March 2005