It's the thin line between reality and fantasy. It's the thin line between sanity and madness. It's the crazy things that make us think, laugh and scream in the dark.
I am hardly ever at a loss for words. Usually only when a teenager cleans up without being asked. It happens. Rarely, but it does. Most of the time, I am quite erudite. However, now that I must resort to shameless self-promotion, I find it a little challenging. I’ve sold all sorts of things for […]
Slurps. Burps. Farts. Sniffs. These are the things that cause mild-mannered office workers to go postal. It’s not one big episode that precedes the cracking of the veneer. It’s the slow pressure-cooker build-up over months and months. It starts as a minor itch between the shoulder blades, spread to a visible wince and slowly […]
I have my box. It’s a comfy sort of box. It’s a protect me from the storm sort of box. It’s a cozy box even if it is a little cramped. And it doesn’t have a view. Okay, I hate my little box, but I stay there because outside is more than a little scary. […]
Jack Frost reached up and grabbed hold of my toes. His touch was gentle like a lover’s caress. I reacted like a frog in a pot of hot water. I didn’t pull away. I just sat there hardly aware of the icy grip penetrating to the bone. Until I couldn’t feel my feet at […]
I don’t always lose my marbles, but when I do I lose them all. Not just the one marble. Every single marble. It was EPIC! They scurry across the floor to hide in every corner and with every step I trip over one and land on my arse. A pratfall (to fall on one’s buttocks). […]
Load shedding defined When South Africa’s electricity gets turned off due to massive ineptitude and avarice on behalf of the country’s only power provider. I have to provide the definition because it’s come to my attention that people in 1st world countries have no clue what load shedding is. Until a few years ago, […]