You Can’t Break Up With Your Family

Realising there is a problem versus accepting that there is a problem are, unfortunately, two very different things. Living with someone in active addiction will have you circling the five stages of grief more ... Read more »

We Need to Talk About Our Situationship With the ANC

Is it possible to be in a situationship with the government? I hate to admit it but I think so. The local government elections are coming up on the 4th of November 2026 and although this is not a national elect... Read more »

My Summer’ish European Experience: Rome

My Summer’ish European Experience Go, See, Write: Rome Rome, theEternal City,La Dolce Vita (the sweet life) and Three Coins in the Fountainis the capital and largest city of Italy, as well as the famed city o... Read more »

My Summer’ish European Experience: Vatican City

Vatican City, officially Vatican City State, is a landlocked sovereign city-state whose territory consists of a walled enclave within the city of Rome. It has a population of around 840.  This makes Vatican Ci... Read more »

My Summer’ish European Experience: Florence

Go, See, Write: Florence Florence is the capital of the region of Tuscany in Italy. It has been ranked by Forbes as one of the most beautiful cities in the world, and the city is noted for its history, culture,... Read more »

My Summer’ish European Experience: French Riviera to Florence

Go, See, Write: French Riviera to Florence It was a Friday morning. I remember that it was a Friday because it was the most beautiful Friday morning I have ever witnessed in my whole little life. The drive day ... Read more »

My Summer’ish European Experience: Monaco

Go, See, Write: Monaco Monaco is a principality governed under a form of constitutional monarchy, with Prince Albert II as head of state. Even though Prince Albert II is a constitutional monarch, he still has i... Read more »

My Summer’ish European Experience: Beaujolais wine region to Monaco

The best recipe for a deliciously decadent death by France cake is three main ingredients: The Eiffel tower, Escargot and champagne, in that order. As no true trip to the land of French romance is complete with... Read more »

My Summer’ish European Experience – Paris

Go, see, write: Paris [and] I don’t believe that anybody feels the way I do about you now…. [I said] maybe you’re gonna be the one that saves me and after all you’re my wonderwall – Oasis. “Wond... Read more »

My Summerish European Experience : London to Paris

Go, See, Write: London to Paris A 6am departure from London’s Royal National Hotel lobby which was really a 5am departure for my body due to the UK’s day light saving, made for one slightly dishevelled, sli... Read more »