To be woke or not to be woke, that is the question
Thinking about things “woke.” It certainly has nothing to do with rising from a good night’s sleep. Definitions of the word are, at best, unclear. Wikipedia says it derives from...
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The Oscars and me
Jamie Lee Curtis just won an Oscar. I knew her old man. It’s probably fairer to say Tony Curtis knew me. To cut a long story short, I had been...
Tough times
Times are getting tougher. It means we’ve got to squeeze the most out of everything. Not just the toothpaste, but out of all else. At the supermarket I asked a...
Got to get a word in edgeways on Harry and Megs
The brouhaha over Harry and Meghan ever continues. I just love the ‘vomiting man’ emojis I got when I last mentioned Harry’s book. Now I’ve got to get a word...
Let’s count our blessings
Don’t be obliged to read me. My pieces are too long, too wordy and not snippets for glances at on smart phones that you only have the time and patience...
The frightening Fox
In one of our tropical rainstorms the other day I was twiddling on the net for news from the outside world and had the misfortune of happening upon Fox News...
Extra, extra, in case you missed it …
Here we go again. Lots of thoughts going on outside this usual space.
Paths to despair
One local paper reported it like this, gun powder was found alongside weed and drug smoking paraphernalia during a police bust in our second city of Bulawayo. Gun powder? That...
What’s in a name?
Down here in the last country in the alphabet, we have some wonderful first names. Gift is an unplanned child or just a beautiful one gifted by God. Among many,...
