Are school kids these days just a little bit lazy?
Do you remember the pleasure of dawdling home after school?
Pondering love letter etiquette
Have you kept love letters from a former beau? Should you have?
'I have embarked on a journey, and I don't know the destination'
Dianne Motton dips her toes into the waters of retirement.
The appalling role models influencing younger generations
Dianne Motton wonders what damage social media 'influencers' are doing to the young.
Travel does at times confront us and make us squirm
Dianne Motton shares a confronting travel tale.
Films and books that changed your life
The other day on the radio an announcer asked the audience for the film that had changed their
Retail therapy post COVID
With the to-do list of household chores knocked over during lockdown, what now?
Life (almost) captured on Saigon streets
Saigon: a feast for the soul, a sensory overload of sights, smells and noise.
Reflection: Schooling now and then
Teacher Dianne Motton reflects on … As I sat at my laptop the other day, I typed these lines
What stage of grief are you in?
COVID has thrown all of us into a state of grief - we're grieving for our past lives.
Time to give the virus a shake
Dianne Motton decides it's time to add a new ‘hobby' to the COVID suggestions list.
Friday Reflection: Denial is not an option
COVID is testing the planet - and every individual on it, writes Dianne Motton.
