Lifestyle

The saying: “someone’s really acid”, contains more substance than one might think. It’s not only a result of being jacked off about something/someone, but can actually have a physiological cause. Those bad moods and snide remarks could be the result of an acidic physical make-up. Being interested in good health and exercise, I’m always on […]

Fat is enigmatic stuff and there’s literally much more to it than meets the eye. It was fat that first got me interested in nutritional health, one day stumbling upon Fats that Heal, Fats that Kill by Canadian Udo Erasmus who broke through the anti-fat fascism of the Eighties and Nineties (when all fats were […]

Burrow through a copy of your favourite daily newspaper’s classifieds section these days and you’ll stare into the abyss of alternative “healing”. Herbalist Prince Fahad Mama Farida wants to sell you a magic stick that will make you rich in seven days. Prince Wakho (sic) offers safe abortions and better pay, while Prof Dunga proffers […]

Now here’s something I’d like to hash out a bit. What is the role of the blogger? There are enough blogs out there writing about intensely personal day-to-day stuff to suggest that the role of the blog is nothing more than an online Dear Diary. Then there are political blogs, commenting on and making observations […]

I’ve often driven past communal braaiing spots and wondered what kind of a person goes to all the effort of transporting braai paraphernalia to a public spot. Yesterday I found out. We had a braai in Tokai Forest and it was simply delightful. Open space, lots of trees and dappled sunlight, logs to sit on […]

Candice apologised for her son Amo. He was, she said, just hyperactive. He was destroying my home and possessions, and spreading my tools round the whole house. I grabbed my two little pull-back toy cars, sat myself on the floor and we played for 20 minutes, until I became bored. He concentrated on making the […]

Submitted by Catherine Parker I feel compelled to provide another perspective on Tony Jackman’s “Ten places I’d sooner live than have a green card“. At the heart of Jackman’s argument is that American society is so off-putting that he’d rather live anywhere else than there. Two years ago, I would have agreed wholeheartedly. After all, […]

If not (and if you’re in Cape Town), why not come along to the Ubuntu-Tibet Freedom Day Event? There’s a full day’s programme, but it all begins with a meditation on top of Table Mountain, followed by a ceremony at St George’s Cathedral at 11.30am and a peace walk. They’re having a free Peace Concert […]