This coming Monday, 17th Jan, Season 2 of Out of the Fishbowl will be arriving. For those who missed the Season 1 summary, you can catch up on each of the seven episodes over here. Hard to believe that we are very nearly almost ready for round 2 of this thing and I CANNOT WAIT! WHAT TO EXPECT IN SEASON 2 The arrival of the second season of Out of the Fishbowl is [...]
With one Season of Out of the Fishbowl wrapped, i guess that kind of makes me a Podcaster. Which i have wanted to be and do for the longest time. And unless it had absolutely blown up and had a million listeners in the first week, i don't think it could have gone much better. Although finding one more person to listen to Episode I: Pineapple on Pizza, so that i can hit 300 [...]
Would you say you have a group of diverse friends? Two days ago, i shared a thread on the Twitterer that kinda exploded a little bit [in a good way!] With over 400 retweets and a whole lot of [mostly] positive engagement, it really felt like people were resonating with what was being said. So i decided to move it to a blog post as means of getting it in front of more eyes and [...]
i was privileged enough to get to visit Lavender Hill High School three times last week. Now i imagine that sentence will make some people curious. Heading into Lavender Hill is not something that most people might connect to the idea of privilege. But i will wager that those people have never pulled up at the gates and been welcomed to: The Best School in the Western Cape. Is it the best school in [...]
Is it time for your next jab? i am going to donate blood this morning with my mate Charlton! This will be the first time i remember that i let two people stab me within 3 days of each other. But i can highly recommend it. i Vaccine what i did there The first time i got jabbed was on Friday in what must have been one of the longest possible waits for a [...]
Some thoughts about being different: It is okay to be different. After all, we all are. i have spent a lot of time over the last few weeks doing a lot of self-reflection. The in-your-face realities of a deadly worldwide pandemic, my dad about to turn 80 [this Saturday], hearing of a new colleague on a board i just joined losing his life in a car accident, are all things which can make you [...]
Are you a good listener or a committed speaker? Take a few moments to think back to the last three proper meaty conversations you had with friends or family. If someone had been holding down a timer every time you spoke and releasing it every time you listened, which would be the bigger number? Take a moment to imagine if the people you have last spoken to were asked that same question. How might [...]
Anti-racism work with friends beats anti-racism work by yourself. Since returning from America with the absolute determination to confront my own racism and try to make a difference in South Africa this work really has been a key factor in my life. And Megan Choritz has been one of my friends who has helped really shape my thinking and understanding and doing. Part of that makes a lot of sense as she has been [...]
My word for 2021 is Curiosity! Every year i pick a word or phrase for the year. Looking back to 2019 i can see that my word for that year was Stewardship and as i read through the list of attached goals and hopes i can see that most of them were achieved. But then we entered 2020... i remember last year tbV and i were nearing the end of our two month trip [...]
i just finished reading The Art of Possibility by Benjamin Zander and Rosamund Stone Zander. While a lot of the work in this book echoes the "Yes, Let's!" principles of Improv that i have been playing around with for 20 plus years, i found the principles and story-telling to be quite inspiring. This is definitely a book i would recommend. No surprise really that the short stories - and there are many of them [...]
