I was an early adopter of traveler’s notebooks. In the beginning there was almost nothing to choose from if you did not want the basic brown and black covers made by what was then Midori, now Traveler’s Company. I stumbled… Read More ›
Reading
Ode on a Grecian Urn by John Keats
My favourite poem of all time Thou still unravished bride of quietness, Thou foster-child of silence and slow time, Sylvan historian, who canst thus express A flowery tale more sweetly than our rhyme: What leaf-fringed legend haunts about thy shape… Read More ›
How to give a cat a pill
Pick cat up and cradle it in the crook of your left arm as if holding a baby. Position right forefinger and thumb on either side of cat’s mouth and gently apply pressure to cheeks while holding pill in right… Read More ›
The value of reading
When I learned Swedish I went from knowing nothing to almost fluent in nine months. Naturally the fact that I am good at languages helped. As did the fact that already I spoke four Germanic languages. And that my second language (Afrikaans) is… Read More ›
Tips when reading books in English
My tip would be to not look up every word you don’t know. You will lose interest and it will be frustrating. If you see a word FOUR times and don’t know it, then look it up. The others you… Read More ›
Ode on a Grecian Urn by John Keats
My favourite poem of all time Thou still unravished bride of quietness, Thou foster-child of silence and slow time, Sylvan historian, who canst thus express A flowery tale more sweetly than our rhyme: What leaf-fringed legend haunts about thy shape… Read More ›
