The Fairytale Fabrication

  “Let me not to the marriage of true minds Admit impediments. Love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds, Or bends with the remover to remove. O no! it is an ever-fixed mark That looks on tempests and is never shaken; It is the star to every wand'ring bark, Whose worth's unknown,…

The Patience Paradox

  “If God is making you wait, be prepared to receive more than what you asked for.” I once ordered a really great pair of shoes online. The delivery time for my package was estimated at 3 working days. If you know anything about me, you will know that I was preposterously excited about my…

The Root Construction

  The other day I was asked an all important question: “If you had to choose, would you be a tree or a bird?” (Actually, their options were would I be a tree or a fly but I had to change it because who on earth would actually choose to be a fly?) So after…

The Concrete Conundrum

Did you hear about the rose that grew from a crack in the concrete? Proving nature's law is wrong it learned to walk without having feet. Funny it seems, but by keeping its dreams, it learned to breathe fresh air. Long live the rose that grew from concrete when no one else ever cared. -…

Lost in transit

I’m not a fan of airport layovers. They are not quite the bane of my life but I never jump for joy when I have no choice but to have one. Every time I travel to Cape Town, I have to stop in Johannesburg for a few hours before my flight. It’s usually a long…

The Self-preservation Sufficiency

So it turns out I blush. No, my face doesn’t turn a sweet, cherry red – my melanin levels are too lit for that. I do, however, feel even warmth in my cheeks and an annoying, incessant desire to giggle. Yes. Giggle. How did I find this out?  Well, I couldn’t actually tell you. But…

The discount discrepancy

  “When you learn how much you’re worth, you’ll stop giving people discounts” - Avinash Wandre I’m a sucker for a bargain. A red “sale” sign in any shop window is just about as enticing to me as free cheesecake. I once spent about 20 minutes in a fishing store looking at the hooks they…

The Priority Rationalization

I wrote a letter to my future self when I was 16. That was 10 years ago (Lord have mercy). On the scented piece of paper with glitter-drawn lines, in my best calligraphy imitation, I wrote: Dear Future Vonnie, I hope you opened this letter with your gold-plated opener and are now reading this from…

The Skateboard Sublimation

When I was six years old, my brother got a skateboard for Christmas. That’s right. I have no recollection of what Santa put under the tree for me that year, because I was so awestruck by the green and black skateboard my brother excitedly rode in the underground car park. It was basically the coolest…

2016: The year to get your stuff back

“…Somebody almost ran off with all of my stuff and I was standing there looking at myself the whole time. It wasn't a spirit that ran off with my stuff. It was a man whose ego walked 'round like Rodan's shadow. It was a man faster than my innocence. It was a lover I made…