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Monthly Archives: July 2013
New Life…
9-33am When this date rolls around, it’s difficult for me to not get emotional. As the years go by and I arrive at 17th July, it’s just that I am still here and although I have maybe not been faithful, … Continue reading
Notes From Tim Noakes This Morning…
I took down some of the main points Professor Tim Noakes made about Low Carb High Fat eating this morning… Key is control of hunger/addictive eating. Sugar addiction stimulates overconsumption of calories. You have to get some appetite control to … Continue reading
A Bad Marriage Gone Good…
2-25pm You may have heard of a good marriage gone bad, but this is the great story of a bad marriage gone good! It was the topic of Focus on the Family this morning and will continue tomorrow. Jeff and … Continue reading
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Tagged Alive Cafe in Muizenberg, Is there hope for my marriage
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When The Unthinkable Happens….
12 noon The Unthinkable. What is that? I think of Gene and Carol Kent whose son with an impeccable record in the military, gunned down in cold blood, the ex-husband of his wife. He is now in jail with no … Continue reading
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Tagged Coping with the Unthinkable, Eternity-thinking, When tragedy strikes
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Poignant Love…
6-52am Yesterday, I went to see Granny. She was happy & content. I went early because she was due to go to the hairdresser. There is much excitement in her section at the moment because on Sunday, one of the … Continue reading
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Depressed? You Are Not Alone…
6-52am! This morning on Rise and Shine, I read this article on depression and immediately got a response. It’s just not easy being a grown up and not getting depressed. Here’s what I read…. Bruce Hennigan, M.D. has a few … Continue reading
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A Hike Up Elsie’s Peak…
1-13pm You don’t need to be super fit to climb Elsie’s Peak. But first the name? How did Elsie’s Peak come about. It was all to do with a variation of tree. Trees grew prolifically along the river than ran … Continue reading
A Peek Inside My Home…
2-03pm After living in the same house for 24 years, we have accumulated an enormous amount of stuff! From time to time we declutter and after Granny left, it meant we had her room to sort out as well. Mike … Continue reading
It’s Getting Depressing…
8-05am I’m sitting in the Rise and Shine studio, listening to Focus on the Family – to Dr. Gary and Barb Rosberg. As I am hearing their story, my mind keeps going back to Granny, who I saw yesterday. We … Continue reading
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Which Mandela Will Do Nelson Proud?
7-04am With news that there’s a court dispute about how sick Nelson Mandela is, it’s hard to know what to believe in regard to his current condition. One thing that we do know is that the relationships between Mandela family … Continue reading
Helga Goes To Market
10-18am What fun! Today the van Niekerk’s got out of their very deep Saturday breakfast rut and went to market… It is one of the South’s most international looking places. The moment you walk in, it carries an air of … Continue reading
Under Capetonian Sun…
3-04pm Winter in Cape Town can be magnificent. Between cold fronts and winter rain, we enjoy these superb days where the sun shines, the sky is blue and the wind moderate. Today is such a day! It began though, in … Continue reading
The Worst Thing I Ever Did…
1-38pm This blog is unexpected! And it has a bit of spice…crime, the worst thing I ever did and SUSHI! Today I received a message from Neil suggesting one of the things I talk about is accountability and among other … Continue reading
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Fat Bombs & More LCHF Websites…
2-44pm I have been trawling Low Carb, High Fat websites. Suddenly, there are 100s of them. I googled “LCHF menus” and found a website called www.lowcarbfriends.com. This is their menu page… a whole lot of different contributors add what they … Continue reading
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