Caught Between the Tides There are moments when the world feels suspended, like the tide when it’s somewhere between high and low. This story is about a moment like that. Because, although it spanned five days, in the greater scheme of things, it is but a moment. Tuesday, 5 August I left home at […]
Quiet gratitude. Not the flashy, shallow, #blessed #grateful Instagram kind, but the deep, weighty kind, the kind that anchors you to the moment and reminds you just how blessed you are to be living, breathing, experiencing. If there’s one thing losing Gav way too early in his life taught me, it’s to make the most of the ‘dash’.
I have touched and held various kinds of wild, or at least ‘unconventional’, animals during my adventures around South Africa, but none touched my heart like this encounter with a male Impala.
Could consuming all this content hurt our ability to judge whether or not it’s true?
If they’re going to let ‘anyone’ write content, then someone must ensure it is true and valuable and good. For every handful of content writers, we need a sharp editor. Content creation should follow societal laws – where there are rights, there are responsibilities. Where there are writers, there should be impartial fact-checkers and editors. It’s the only way to ensure that the human race doesn’t go extinct, thanks to the excessive consumption of questionable copy.
As a ghostwriter and copyeditor, I have written and edited more books than I can remember. A few stand out, but none more so than the book I was involved in at the close of 2023. It was a rush job for a long-term American client. Someone I normally only write and edit “businessy” stuff […]
