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I often sit staring at a word and thinking about its meaning and what other things I could do with the letters that have been used. How many other connecting words are hidden in the main or parent word. With...

Sitting in a daze for the past week and being unable to concentrate or focus on anything I have left my mind to wander down the many different roads and byways of thought patterns that make up who I am....

I remember as a small child my parents would grasp my hand tightly whenever there was a road to be crossed or busy traffic around us. We would stop one step away from the road and together would recite:- Look...

Noord taxi rank in downtown johannesburg South Africa was this afternoon a hive of activity, as police in uniform and civilian attire swang into full action to clamp down on the ever increasing crime levels. High on their agenda was...

Looking back to what seems centuries ago, when I was at school, and there were no such things as calculators, and multiplication and division were hard work and brain power. I so enjoyed the challenge of working things out mentally...

Scene 2 Maternal – having to do with a mother – related through mothers side of the family. - origin French – Maternel Mater - Origin Latin - a rather informal British name for ones mother, now out dated. In...

It was a day of joy and jubilation as South Africans watched in awe 800m gold medallist Caster Semenya cross the finish line, at an astonishing 2.45 seconds in a world record leading 1.55.45 on the 19 the of August...

In 1967, Walt Disney brought out the movie, “The Jungle Book”, and although I did love Mowgli, Baloo and Bagheera, I must admit that my favorites were the four vultures – Buzzy, Flaps, Dizzy and Ziggy. Perhaps this instant liking...