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Lemme tell you why I loved Lockdown. I got to experience family in a way I never did as a kid. Partly because (and no disrespect to the dead) Daddy was a dick when growing up. The last few years he more than made up for his crappy ways and we were so good, the […]
The music on this film kills me. As does the notion of meeting someone and connecting so completely it transforms one. Go listen to the track Falling Slowly from the movie itself. It’s sublime. Here’s the trailer.
April in Paris refers to a Ella and Louis Armstrong song my father and I loved. I mention this because last night was the first time I cried for him. Goodness, did I cry! I also deleted a blog post I wrote as I was crying yesterday. It was way too emotional, raw and revealing. […]
Words have power, and I should be more careful. I recently made a joke where I said ,”Look here man, I am telling you this now so I don’t have to make a guest appearance in your dreams or you in mine. ” Or worse still haunt them after I am dead. I said my […]
I forgot the one thing, the most important thing this morning. In fact it was so important I felt compelled to write before going for my daily walk. I reflected on my blog post about dating in the time of Rona and the following thought came to mind. ‘Auriol, what are you saying about yourself […]
Okay, where do I even begin? I am the kind of lady that… when hit on by random men will make a point of applauding them for having the balls to step up to any woman! Even if I do not give them my number. And I mean that dammit all! Let’s face it – […]
This man is hands down charismatic, funny and awe inspiring. He was the head of Greenpeace International, Africa Rising and then the Secretary General for Amnesty International…and yeah, he is South African. Take a listen
I really enjoyed this debate. When pondering in which direction our civilisation is heading….I am in favor of Brave New World, as opposed to 1984. But make up your own mind yeah? I listened to this while cooking.
I decided to go with a song I wrote. One of my first, when I was living in Johannesburg. Now, for many people from Cape Town, they dislike the energy of the fast city. But I loved it and was happy. I just signed my first record deal and was living in a city whose […]
Nonsense thoughts jotted in my notebook. * I can hear the sea roaring and wonder why, what conditions allow for that volume of sound finding me at such a distance. I am not interested in the physics of it but the effects, the ripples that extend outwards, affecting eternally, as water crashes in on itself. […]