by An-Magriet McKerrell | Sep 16, 2025 | Uncategorised
There are times that I am convinced that it must be easier to do other work somewhere else… on another planet, or perhaps in another universe. Last week, we had such difficult staff challenges that I almost lost the will to live. The staff issues are weighing heavily...
by An-Magriet McKerrell | Sep 9, 2025 | Uncategorised
If you follow us on social media, you will be well aware of the fact that our annual 5km fun run is around the corner. The 11th of October is World Hospice and Palliative Care Day, and we are planning a wonderful race around our beautiful suburb. We have already...
by An-Magriet McKerrell | Sep 2, 2025 | Uncategorised
On Friday night, we went to a decadent wine and food pairing extravaganza. The wine was glorious, the food utterly beautiful and the company was divine, but what will stay with me about the evening, is the winemaker’s story. It was the most surprising pairing of the...
by An-Magriet McKerrell | Aug 26, 2025 | Uncategorised
For some reason, which escapes me completely, I am busy organising our 35-year school reunion. I disliked high school intensely, with the same veracity Trump dislikes the Woke and Julius Malema dislikes the colonists. I hated just about everything about high school...
by An-Magriet McKerrell | Aug 19, 2025 | Uncategorised
Last month, I went to a funeral of a patient, Greg, whom we all adored. As you can imagine, we are unable to attend all the funerals to which we are invited, but this family quickly crept into my heart. That is how Eddie and I found ourselves in the church pews on...
by An-Magriet McKerrell | Aug 12, 2025 | Uncategorised
I am dumbfounded at how much more we know today than we ever did before. Think of how we have moved on, even just in the last few centuries, from burning witches at stakes, confusing mental health problems for being demon-possessed, drilling holes in skulls for...