The peculiar puzzles of change

Madagascar dam

Entire theories have been devoted to the art and science of change: why we change, how we change, what we change, when and where we change

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Choices come with responsibility

Today, and every day, we each have some important choices to make, and choices come with responsibility

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Emigrating, without leaving a country

Revival

You don’t have to emigrate (or have the means to emigrate) to leave a country; many people leave their country without packing a single thing

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Checklist: Reporting Research

integrity word cloud - handwriting on a napkin with a cup of coffee

A checklist for ensuring that published research findings meet local and global ethical requirements

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Klimt in France

French church

A visit to France in 2014, and travelling throughout the southern part of the country, inspired this poem – an ode to Gustav Klimt, who inspires me

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Carpe Diem

In memory of a yoga friend and artist who died young, and unexpectedly, after having a stroke during a trip to Cape Town

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Reset Button

Midlands sunrise

In celebration of the two-year anniversary of leaving a bad marriage, and choosing to live a happy life once more

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Le Cercle de la Vie

Candle II

In the circle of life and love, as the Afrikaans saying goes, one person dead is another person’s bread

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Mardene

Madonna

In memory of a young woman in my varsity residence whose depression led to suicide, deeply touching many souls (Originally written in Afrikaans)

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In Love

Drakensberg sunset

An ode to Cupid, son of Mercury, the messenger of the gods, and the goddess of love, Venus

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