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What’s the doctor say?

I heard a story about a really sick person who went to visit his doctor. Arriving at his appointment, he went into great detail...

Infinite Zoom

The Mandelbrot set is a mathematical construction that can be represented through colours and shapes using the computing power of modern computers. It is...

Dangerous Vibrations

Some years ago, I watched in awe and trepidation as Nik Wallenda stepped out onto a thin wire stretched across the Grand Canyon with...

One thing

Another email. Another phone call. Another demand. Another duty. Sometimes life can feel overwhelming. Wherever we look there are demands endlessly assailing us. One...

Open my eyes

As I write this, there are wildfires burning out of control all around where we live in the Western Cape of South Africa. Of...

Quiet in the rush

We live in a world where everyone is in a hurry. In a hurry to get ready for work. In a hurry to get...

Let go!

There’s a story of a man who slips off a cliff but manages to grab onto a small tree growing on the side. Hanging [...

Blood on the lintel

It was dark, and no doubt they could hear the sounds of wailing as new cries of despair rose from more and more houses...

We all need mountains

Recently, as I sat next to a braai in the beautiful Drakensberg, I heard the lyrics of a song playing: “We all need the [...

The name in Christmas

I recently saw an Instagram post about a large Christmas tree in Australia. Every year, it displays “Merry Christmas”, but this year, it had [&h...

Travel light

Many years ago, my wife and I were travelling around Europe. Everything we thought we needed was packed in our large backpacks. However, soon...

Carried

We went on a beach walk with our two small dogs. There were sections of the walk where we could let them run free...

Fruit on my wrist

While visiting a monastery in France, I bought a bracelet engraved with the words amour, joie, partage, paix. With zero French knowledge, I quickly...