Our Life


Around the World  / Our Life
2013 in Review…
December 27, 2013

Highlights from 2013... 1. Finding (and setting up) a larger home in SA 2. New wheels! 3. April Bday in Seattle 4. Dubai birthday surprise 5. Leaving Afghanistan for the last (?) time! 6. Christmas in SA 7 . Week …


Around the World  / Cobus  / Family  / George  / Lindsay  / Our Life  / South Africa
Man Cave Redo…
June 12, 2013

Cobus walks into the kid's room to tuck them into bed. Lindsay wrestling with blankets, trying to prop them up with her unicorn hobby horse. Linsay: (Sigh of exasperation.) Cobus: What's it Lindsay. …


Cobus  / David  / Family  / Funny  / Lindsay  / Our Life
Turning 10…
May 31, 2013

Cobus called David to wish him a happy birthday...of course informing now he's into the double digits there's no turning back. An exasperated, "Daa-deeee-uh," being the response! He then spoke to …


David  / Family  / Lindsay  / Our Life
That word …
January 6, 2013

David balancing my computer on his boogie board while sitting on an armchair in the corner of the living room, Lindsay perched on the arm of the chair watching over …


Holidays  / Our Life
2012 in Review
January 1, 2013

The first thing I must admit is that it is now 24 February. Though 2012 is long gone, it's not quite yet forgotten! Istanbul (March & November) Job (September) DDO (January) Moving in with …


Around the World  / As Much As I Am  / Our Life
2011 in Review
January 7, 2012

The catch-word for 2011 was "change" - make that CHANGE! Oh, and spider bites! Top 10 things I'll remember about 2011:  Necrotic Spider Bites (x2...Jan/Nov)  Hair-shirt House in Kabul  Baking  Kidnap & Ransom threat against …


David  / Family  / Jolynn  / Our Life
50% Kid
December 31, 2011


Cobus  / Family  / George  / Jolynn  / Lindsay  / Our Life  / South Africa
Loving Daddy
December 22, 2011


As Much As I Am  / Frequently Infrequent
Our Time Comes
June 11, 2011

ide by side, hips pressed close. Tangled, we will chase the setting moon. West. Our future lays. Lips poised. Trembling with anticipation, I see you. The new day will bring with it the New Land, and …


As Much As I Am  / Frequently Infrequent  / Silent Screams
Protected: Soundlessly Sleepless
May 15, 2011

ello, stranger. I know you are there. I knew you'd come. I have waited for you for such a long time that I makes sense that you would be here …


Afghanistan  / Around the World  / Kabul  / Sod's Law  / Travel
Walking Where Your Head Is
May 7, 2011

he world drops twenty thousand feet from under my feet as my soul soars higher still. Euphoric, my mind reels at how brilliantly this day has become, punctuated by the …


Frequently Infrequent
Chasing the Moon, Hiding the Sun
May 6, 2011

ilently, I stare at the moon as she sails silently across the star-kissed sky, her shining light a clear reflection of the sun, hidden from all. The truth of the …


Frequently Infrequent
Protected: Pellucid Quandary
April 29, 2011

My senseless ramblings have carried on long enough, "The time has come," the Walrus said, "To talk of many things: Of shoes--and ships--and sealing-wax-- Of cabbages--and kings-- And why the sea is boiling hot-- And whether …


As Much As I Am  / Frequently Infrequent  / Silent Screams
Protected: The Invisible Friend Made Real
April 27, 2011

taring at the moon, the words bubble out of me in anger and despair: Why? I cry. Why have you done this to me? Do you not see what you have …


As Much As I Am  / Frequently Infrequent
Protected: Silent Thunder – Flavored Anguish
April 27, 2011

Cold(play) cuts, Whiskey, Burning Bridges and Green Eyes Sorry to say: no sleep on the flight to SA. But I did get some stuff off my chest and into an email. Ok, …

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