On my desk today, you’ll find: Coffee. Today’s blend is Columbian Supremo. 2 of 501 pens in the house at any given time. My perfume. I’m still working on the same bottle I bought two years ago. I collect perfume. I either have too much or not enough, considering bottles last two years. An eyeglass cloth, perhaps proof that I have one. My glasses are always smudged, and it would seem I never use it. Sewing kit. I never…
Some of you may remember my quest to get back to my natural hair colour before I turn 30…next month. I went shopping yesterday, something I don’t do very often. My roots/fake colour in a full-length mirror was a scary sight to behold. My nick-name lately has been Two-Tone Tessie. On the way home, I bought some magic in a box. I used it this morning to ‘blend my roots’. They blended quite nicely as I watched Judge Judy for…
Tuesday 28th December 2010 We say we’ll be on the road by 10.00. It is noon before we set off. I am wedged in the backseat between some bags, two tires and Sarge. By 3.00, I have lost feeling in my ass. I find it again when twisting to take photos through the windows. My father has never been good at time-keeping. The fact that he has his own time zone is part of his charm. We always get where…
