South Africa holidays have many things to do and see, my South Africa is more than stunning sunsets, craggy coastlines and majestic mountains. It’s a country where I said goodbye to my sister, Katy, my baby nephew, Sven, and my dad, never to see them again. It’s the place where my friend, Garth, was killed beside me in a car […]
» Read moreAbout 20 years ago, I created a fish named Ogden. He sprung to life in my head and flopped onto my computer where he remained, patiently waiting for something to happen. I’d become enamored with writing fairytales with messages and took a correspondence course through the Institute of Children’s Literature. My focus was on creating something magical and inspirational. Ogden […]
» Read moreKendrick was 14 months when he left the U.S. Tigger was nine. Rose and Anthony took their sons, Emile and Filou, out of school in Canada when they were 10 and 8 respectively. Lisa and her husband moved to Indonesia from France when their daughters were two and four. They are all part of the ever-growing number of families who […]
» Read moreSomething special happens every day around 4pm on Rabbit Island: the daytrippers go home. Around that hour, clusters of brightly painted wooden boats pull away from the beach filled with people returning to the mainland at Kep. Then the island is all yours.
» Read moreCynthia Nevin Hoen used to start her days long before the sun came up, exercising to pre-empt the day’s stress. Arriving in her New Jersey office at 6am, she’d deal with contract negotiations, committee meetings, corporate staff issues, outside counsel matters along with compliance and risk management concerns and disputes for one of the four hospitals where she operated as […]
» Read moreI was stirred from my backseat catnap when Mohammed stepped on the brake and made a sharp U-turn in the middle of the highway. “Une boite! (a box)” he exclaimed, pulling the vehicle off the road and dashing into a sandy field. “Maybe it is a cake”. Completely perplexed, Skip and I watched in amazement as our Moroccan driver seized […]
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