I had a lot of little pet peeves in the publishing industry about proper grammar. I even changed “who ya gonna call” to “who are […]
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We went on a Jane Austen Bender so you don’t have to…
Not long before I left my sister and I went on a bit of a Jane Austen bender… You know how it goes. You start […]
Life
Big changes ahead…
Two years ago I was sitting in a hotel room in Johannesburg, stitching my duffel bag back together with a crude sewing kit and chatting […]
Life
Why I Refuse to Market this Blog
I’ve given a lot of thought to making this blog something… more mainstream. Have you ever wished for that from me? You know, a book […]
Life
Three Things I Miss About Journalism and Three Things I Don’t
The other day I was sorting out my filing cabinet and I decided to recycle my newspapers. Carrying all of those papers out to the […]
Life
Looking Back on My First Year of Dental Hygiene
It still feels entirely surreal that after three long years of working toward my dental hygiene credential, I’m now staring down the finish line. I’ve […]
Life
How to Set Realistically Healthy Goals
We’ve all done it. We’ve all told ourselves on the first day of the year that we’re going to go to the gym every day, […]
Life
Everything I Learned Returning to South Africa
It’s hard for me to reconcile my feelings about South Africa given the state the country is in. I always feel like I’m going home […]
Life
Ranking Julian Fellowes’ Period Dramas
I was just thinking about my favourite rainy-day romantic movies again the other day. You know, because the rainy season has hit and I’ll take […]