Sobriety and Alcoholism
I am not coping because I am not the doctor. Because I am not the one who is fluent in the doctor’s language no...
Intelligent Progress, Alien Perspectives And Preparation For Illness
I see life through a blue filter. Light is filtered out and all I can see is shadow. In shades in the dark something...
On Days Such as This -Poetry Book Review
On Days Such as This, Gail Dendy. Botsotso, Johannesburg, 2020.ISBN: 978-1-990922-48-0. 60pp
The poet wrestles with an intimate flashback, the perception of future, and becomes...
Writer, Chameleon, Bipolar
I feel as if I am in a constant state of imbalance. It's like being on a neverending rollercoaster ride. My life in writing...
The Agency Of Intelligence
When it comes down to it intelligence is all in your mind. It's the blueprint of your childhood, the books that you have read,...
Book Review of “Tucked Inn” by Nadine AuCoin
The story takes place in Nova Scotia, Canada. All is not what it seems at first glance. First things first. This is a story...
Eating the dust of the Colonial and Imperial masters
Suicide and suicidal desperation was uppermost in my mind to the extent that I was continually thinking about taking an overdose of tablets. Fortunately...
Sanity and certain aspects of intergenerational trauma
The psychiatrist who studied in Vienna had wild hair like Einstein. Gerda had been prepared for an eventuality of this magnitude. She was the...
Dr Ambrose Cato George: In the footsteps of a bipolar life, a daughter and a memory of madness
My wife on our wedding day was my Cinderella. I was her prince. For the young, making love is just for fun. I have...
My father, my teacher, my education, my books, my future, my past and a solitary life
My dad is one of the lucky ones. His voice merges alongside mine like beautiful scraps of material. This is a story about a...