Aug 24, 2023 | Life In Africa, Road Trip, Travel
The iconic Table Mountain, from Signal Hill, Cape Town, South Africa In April 2023 we were fortunate to be able to visit South Africa. My partner Ken had never been to South Africa so it was wonderful to see the places I know so well through his eyes. I grew up in...
Dec 20, 2019 | Childhood, Communication, Girl Talk, Parenting In The Digital Age, When life hands you lemons
Conversation with my mother I turned 69 this year, and as I get closer to the ‘three score and ten’ I become more aware of how finite life is. The excitement of a recent cancer scare added to my feeling of ‘mortality’. I am fortunate to have lived the life that I...
Apr 6, 2019 | Childhood, Life In Africa
Across the road from our house in Chromer Street, Selukwe were three tennis courts, a sanitary lane and the government buildings. The government buildings included the post office, police station, telephone exchange, police yard and holding cells as well as the...
Feb 1, 2019 | Life In Africa
I was born in a small town in Rhodesia, called Selukwe. I was the second of three children born to Frank and Joan Hosie. My folks had met during WWII. Mum, Joan Pinder, was born in Morely, Leeds, UK the eldest of 7 children. Dad was born in Bulawayo,...
