I know Saturday was a bit of a freakishly weird warm day for Cape Town winter, but it got me hankering after this dish which I originally found on the amazing vegan food blog, Simple Veganista. I’ve made this meal a couple of times and have adapted it according to mine and Andrew’s tastes. As we near summer and are…
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my dear unborn
My dearest darling sparkle in the dark night sky I’m looking down on you tonight and I hope that you can feel my warmth. If it were safe for you to be allowed outside, I would send a gust of wind to ruffle your skirts and lift the pretty golden-red hair off the nape of your neck…. you get your…
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for the love of edinburgh
When you first step into a new city, there are certain smells that rush up to greet you – smells that are entirely unique to that city and entirely different from any other cities’. Edinburgh smells of old. Not in a bad way, but a bit like your granny’s trunk filled with all the family’s heirlooms – you know –…
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a lazy lunch at Newton Johnson and a bit of perspective
So we have been in our new home for almost a week today. Are the boxes all unpacked? Ummm, no. (sorry Jonathan). Are the dogs settled in? Kinda. Have we let the cat out the house yet? Once. For about five minutes and she ran straight up a tree and over the garden wall and we screeched and grabbed her…
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alone
I arrived home on Friday to a house heavily pregnant with half-packed memories. After twenty fours hours of travelling I was alone, tired, a little smelly and carrying a head filled with warm days and foreign landmarks. I stood in a scalding hot shower until my skin went colour-run pink. I looked down at my hairy legs, and cursed myself for…
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