Just Thinking

Hello Y’all, It’s a wonderful chilly Cape Town winter’s day. It’s like we remember from yesteryear - really blustery and we have moments of rain deluge followed, moments later, by sunshine for goodness sake! I am privileged to be sitting snuggly in our glass-enclosed patio witnessing all this going on …just thinking. I recently watched an amazing you tube video where a leopard had caught and was battling it out with a warthog. Now a warthog is quite a challenge for leopards and its mainly large males that go for warthogs. It may also interest you that a warthog gets its name because of the many warts they have. These warts are in fact fatty lumps and serve to protect the warthog when they are attacked. The warthog does not easily roll-over, so to say. The battle was tough and the warthog was squealing loudly as it struggled to escape. It was also fairly clear that this was a battle the warthog was not going to win. As it seemed the warthog was toast, finished, no more struggle and ...

The  navel  is that flat or protruding or even  hollowed scar left after your umbilical cord is disconnected very shortly after birth. Its the physical break from Mom. From there the connection is all emotional and dependence.  I am a huge fan of mothers and often marvel at their absolute dedication to the cause of mothering.  Anyway, as much as most mothers have proven to be astoundingly positive influences in our lives, they are human, have their own challenges and do deserve some slack. I feel sure that there are very few mothers that consciously and actively seek to ruin or undermine their own children. This blog is however not about marvelous mothers but it never harms to grant credit where its due. Returning to the topic of this note; navels! As you probably know the navel is more colloquially known as the belly button and as this note is more conversational than scientific, it is right to refer to it as the Belly Button, its more homely, collegi...

Why I am blogging! Just a short note about why I am embarking on this journey of blogging. Firstly, I am doing this for me. Before I get into why I am starting this blogging thing, it is sometimes useful to articulate what are not your drivers. In this regard I can certainly say that I am not doing this to create a pubic mouthpiece, or to make money as a blogger. In fact, while I may post some of the blogs as part of my learning curve, I don’t really care if no one reads them. I really have 3 reasons. To learn a bit about blogging in general and about the discipline and skills required. T o improve my written communication skills without losing my own personality and style. To enjoy the pursuit. So that’s it. Lets see where this takes me.