Podcasting in lieu of trail riding

What’s more difficult? Riding a horse across wild country for a week or starting a podcast? Different people would answer this question very differently, I imagine, but here is my response:

I had big plans last year to venture out on horseback, but soon realised

Spiritual memoirs

Among the books that rank highest in my GoodReads library are a collection of spiritual memoirs. I began coming across these books about 14 years ago, And when I did, it was like coming home to a community of people whom I felt I knew at a very deep level.

The South African woman in fiction


There is a dearth of literature about previously-advantaged South African women or, put another way, well-off white women who grew up on the tip of the African continent and still live here.

Refining the art of conversation from lessons learnt in lockdown

This morning I remembered a pet peeve of mine from university days. I think it was provoked by my reading of Pride and Prejudice in English ...