After what feels like a month long break, test match cricket is back. Australia is playing South Africa in England (very much a Commonwealth affair) and while Aus is on top, they haven’t run away with it. South Africa does need a big morning though, but with Bavuma at the crease, I wouldn’t write them…

Last Sunday, I went to my first Touch Rugby training session. I mentioned it a few days ago, but now is the time to explain how it went. To put it mildly, it was completely discombobulating. I had played casual games of touch in the past at school and with friends, and liked how it…

I dropped my watch on the concrete outside this morning, and while it still works perfectly, I have chipped some of the glass. Perhaps the end days are coming soon. If my watch was to die, I’m not sure where to go next. I wore swatch watches for years, but I have had a few…

What a great day today was! There was so much on, I don’t really know what to focus on. Let me give you a sampling. It was an early start. 5:45. We all had to rise, even Occi, to have a photoshoot to capture those precious moments of her still being a little croissant. We…

My wife and I were chatting on the way back from a hike about how best to improve our verbal communication skills. I have been wondering how I could improve mine, and was tossing up between trying to sharpen my own “natural” style, or mimic someone who I admire, and see if I could integrate…

Yesterday I wrote about getting back to everyone who had replied to me, and had promised to share my favourite story. Here it is. A while ago, I wrote a piece on unusual names, such as Shovel. You can read it HERE. One of my buddies, who I shall call R, has an unusual, but…