Bridget McNulty

I’ve been noticing, lately, how many intensely personal moments there are walking around the streets every day. Now don’t get me wrong, I’m not talking about spying on people or stalking anyone; I’m not (despite anyone’s allegations!) the type of person who strolls around stealing people’s saris off beaches (see this blog post for the […]

I’ve been lucky enough to stumble on some rather extraordinary blogs of late, and I thought perhaps it was time to share them … Funnily enough, this whole blogging thing is still pretty new to me — I only discovered it a few months ago, and although at first I thought it was a bit […]

Call me frothy, call me whimsical, call me light-hearted (don’t call me nice), I’m sticking to my guns — I think adults don’t play enough. I’m not talking the playfulness of running around in playgrounds, acting like idiots, or enforced-game-time playfulness (“You will have fun!”), but just good old-fashioned playing. A sense of lightness to […]

Being happy is so chronically un-hip. It’s taken me a while to realise it, but I am now (slowly) facing up to the sordid truth. Much as I have delighted, my whole life, in being cheerful and appreciating the little things in life, and picnicking in the sunshine and listening to happy tunes, I have […]

I used to think that those who claimed men and women were vastly different just weren’t trying hard enough to understand each other. “I’ve got three older brothers,” I used to boast. “How difficult can men be to understand?” How wrong I was! How naive! How foolish! Men are, truly, a different breed. You want […]

I sat in traffic for about an hour this morning. No big surprise there — most people in Cape Town living outside the City Bowl probably sat in traffic for about an hour this morning. What was unusual about my early-morning traffic experience was that I enjoyed it. Not endured it, but enjoyed it. Allow […]

I just finished reading the final Harry Potter. I know, I know, I’m a writer — I should be reading intelligent, “grown-up” fiction. But Jeez Louise, was it exciting! Death Eaters! Dementors! Powerful wands! Body-bind curses! We’re talking serious stuff here. Dangerous stuff. And yes, there were moments during the three-week reading of this monster […]

On December 15 this year I am attempting a Guinness world record: the world’s largest cupcake. Amazingly, nobody has thought to try it yet. I have all the necessary forms and documentation, and the Guinness World Records authorities have given me the go-ahead. It will be a vanilla cupcake with green icing, 1m in diameter, […]

Okay, I know that blog posts about my diabetes are going to start getting tired soon, and I promise that once I’m back in the real world (later this week) I will have amusing observations about other people (other people! imagine!), but there’s just one more thing I’d like to mention. One of the Big […]

I’ve never had a whole lot of patience with people sending their regards. “Please send her my love!” “Tell him I say hi!” “Send her my fond regards.” I’ve always thought it was a bit naff, and a bit of a waste of time. I confess, I frequently forgot to pass on these messages of […]

Some of you may have noticed that instead of my almost-daily blogs I’ve been absent for nearly two weeks. While I’d love to say it’s just laziness, or busy-ness, or a hiatus somewhere sunny and tropical, that is, alas, not the case. It turns out I’m diabetic. Type one (the serious kind). I was diagnosed […]