From LOL to EOL

From LOL to EOL

What’s your favourite abbreviation?  I’m lucky enough to work with many millennials, and my daughters are Gen Zs. These special humans speak in abbreviations, sometimes to the extent that I am not sure whether they are speaking English or if our lives now have...
If you could be anything….

If you could be anything….

We know that it’s the victors who write history, and that only the big moments are recorded. We remember that before antibiotics, people died young and often, from simple infections. We celebrate VE Day when the war in Europe finally ended. We rejoice that on 27 April...
Stitching up suburbia.

Stitching up suburbia.

In 1998 when I started the Lodge, I managed to make an enemy on the second day we were open for business. I put on our pamphlet (yes, I am that old that we actually had printed brochures that we delivered to real live people!)  that the lodge was “nestled in the...
“Not fine….but thanks for asking”

“Not fine….but thanks for asking”

Are you able to ask for help? I don’t mean like “Please help me find the nearest Woolies,” or “Help me fix my TV remote.”  I mean those moments when the world feels like it’s too much, you can’t breathe, and you need a hand to pull you up. Of course, it is best to ask...
Living between worlds

Living between worlds

I don’t like children. I love my own, but if I’m totally honest, I find all humans between the ages of two and twelve terribly dull. They are too short, they know very little and they cost a fortune. And so, armed with these philosophies and bias, for no reason any...