'A good traveller has no fixed plans.' Tao Te Chiang
There are two new dads in our immediate family - my two sons-in-law, Shaun and Gareth. Fathers Day this year was the first for both of them, and I wonder what went through their minds, about their new status in life, their new roles and responsibilities. Or did they simply shake their heads in wonder [...]
Coming home to South Africa is like slipping into old clothes, and I have been wearing these familiar garments for a week now. Hard to think (I wrote this on Thursday) that it is barely a week since I left Toronto. The most joyous part has been reconnecting with my daughters, and their husbands, and [...]
Yesterday I wrote about photographs and signs: here are four more images from the farm near Bailieboro, this time photographs of my wife and friends out enjoying a walk. But as images, these photographs seem to me to be crowded with unspoken messages and questions. Who are these people? How are they connected? What are they talking [...]
My daughter sent me this photo this morning of Joshua, her first child, and my first grandchild. He will be three weeks old tomorrow, getting bigger and stronger I imagine, every day. The photograph, I messaged her back on WhatsApp (this sixty year old is au fait, okay, with modern technology!) instantly reminded me of [...]
