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I am going to hand in my Honours dissertation tomorrow, effectively completing my university education. It’s surreal, bittersweet… You name it, I feel it. In my writing, at several moments… more →
Than the sum of its parts.
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spollie wrote 3 weeks ago: I am going to hand in my Honours dissertation tomorrow, effectively completing my university educati … more →
Miles to go before she sleeps
spollie wrote 1 month ago: So, I said I would write with my left hand this year… … more →
Sodapop
spollie wrote 4 months ago: I thought I’d reserve such acts of tough love for my siblings, but Joachim is like the brother … more →
Suzie Q.
spollie wrote 6 months ago: I realised that nothing prepares you for death, not even when you know it’s coming in the mids … more →
Lest we forget
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spollie wrote 7 months ago: So enjoy and treasure every minute of it, as we should – 24 hours to celebrate 24 years. HAPPY … more →
The age of uninnocence
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spollie wrote 8 months ago: Because I thrive on these moments when I can embarrass my brother… And while he waits for the … more →
A brand of affection
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spollie wrote 9 months ago: 22 pieces of information about Vanessa - some embarrassing, some astute, some rather meh; all are tr … more →
Uh-huh
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spollie wrote 10 months ago: For the inconsequential age (I kid – being over the hill is very momentous) and the black woma … more →
It takes all kinds
spollie wrote 11 months ago: … To make a world. I am an overwhelming ‘C’ – conscientious to a certain ext … more →
Eccentricities and straitjackets
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spollie wrote 11 months ago: According to my scale of WTF (1 being the most puzzling): Christopher cannot eat rice when there is … more →
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spollie wrote 11 months ago: Only Oscar Wilde can turn even the most dismal situation into beautiful poetry. Likewise, although t … more →
Three's a crowd
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spollie wrote 1 year ago: Only when we want to take a group picture. Per contra, the encountered risks of spending time with B … more →
Adolescence
spollie wrote 1 year ago: Teenagers – they numb my cynicism and aggravate my nausea. … more →
Home is where the heart is
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spollie wrote 1 year ago: Coming out of an eight-hour flight and arriving at midnight, I was already knackered. A shower and m … more →
The stars align
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spollie wrote 1 year ago: People consider me very fortunate and I find it impossible to disagree – I’m healthy, my … more →
Trade secrets
spollie wrote 1 year ago: HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, MUM AND DAD! Along with other things, I hope to inherit my parents’ secrets … more →
Yin-yang
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spollie wrote 1 year ago: You are, without a doubt, my better half – your optimism to my pessimism; your conviction to m … more →
Fringe benefits
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spollie wrote 1 year ago: The best piece of the graduation pie still eludes me (pending Honours), but at least I have savoured … more →
Nerd Alert!
geetch wrote 1 year ago: A conversation my brother and I had while watching The Pagemaster on a Friday night: Him: Why do lib … more →
