The story after the ending

When we watch the ending of a movie or read the final chapter of a book, it is easy to assume that the rest of the story will continue that way: “And they lived happily ever after…” But real life doesn’t work that way – we can arrive but not stay forever. Yet, that seems […]

Edna White’s interview with me

Edna’s interview with me is available to watch on YouTube here. We talk about my book, Eighty kilos of Shame, specifically two chapters that resonated with Edna. She didn’t tell me beforehand which two chapters, which made the interview very interesting…

Virtual Launch: My First Marathon Training

Hoe ontlont mens self-liefde?

Mense word met self-liefde gebore. Kinders (babatjies) is outomaties lief vir hulleself. Jy kan dit sien in hoe hulle vir hulleself in ‘n spieël sou kyk en lag. Wanneer hulle loop, dans of speel dan word dit met oorgawe gedoen – sonder om te bekommer wat ander mense van hulle dink. Selfs wanneer hulle praat […]

5th day

It’s, I believe, too early into the new year to already feel like I just want to stay in bed, and especially like I do not want to exercise. Yet, here I am, feeling this way already on the 5th day of the year. The rain is of course not helping. It scares me when […]