Yesterday was Nelson Mandela Day….I salute and thank you for your contribution to this world and my life. Madiba had a big influence on my life. I’m South African so he was not a distant figure in some faraway world…he was someone I grew up in the news on a…

From rags to riches …..still in my dreams I got my first payout from Medium this month, so chuffed…I made $0.01…I’m a doctor, not a writer but got into informal writing a few years back as I toiled with the idea of writing a children’s book for my dear mama…I…

The importance of a healthy daily routine Seeing people walk around the pyjamas, unwashed and blurry-eyed early afternoon doesn’t have many excuses….a hangover, being sick, long haul travel, night shifts …but quarantine is not one of them! It’s easy to sink into a meaningless rut, lost in time, no idea…

Before coronavirus came along…. I typed this ridiculous title up a few months ago …never got beyond the title…I soon realised after sitting back and pondering a brief moment that I would probably need to remove my entire brain. It would make me so happy that I would not need…

There are so many things I do each day that fall into that category of just ‘ticking the box’…so much so that it has become quite a thing. I joke with my wife about ticking the box on a regular basis, but it’s actually a serious matter. …

My charismatic mother was a nursery school teacher and at one stage of her life, I recall her saying how she would love to write a children’s book. Her passionate efforts didn’t make headway with the publishers, so she shelved that idea and got on with her busy life. …

The sturdy dhoni chugs away from the shores of Gan Lamu in search of my dream fish. It was a stunning setting, warm soft sun lazily awakening, the morning prayers vaguely heard in the distance, the palms shadowing the village, and I was still breathing. Each breath filled me with…