Middlesex

"I was born twice: first, as a baby girl, on a remarkably smogless Detroit day in January of 1960; and then again, as a teenage boy, in an emergency room near Petoskey, Michigan, in August of 1974."

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And so begins Jeffrey Eugenides's Middlesex, one of the best books I have read in a long time. Recommended to me by my husband I highly recommend it.

THE BIGGER PICTURE

2009 told through pictures by Boston.com is worth a look!

A girl displaced from her home by a huge tidal wave caused by Cyclone Aila, stands in front of her temporary shelter on a river dam in Satkhira in southwestern Bangladesh June 2, 2009.

(REUTERS/Andrew Biraj)

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Bengal Tiger Kingda Ka smashes pumpkins during Fall at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, New Jersey, November 8, 2009. (REUTERS/Six Flags Great Adventure)

This is my favourite picture- unfortunately it is at Six Flags.

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An eruption of Mt. Redoubt seen at sunset from the cockpit of a DC-6 flying over Cook Inlet near Anchorage, Alaska on March 31, 2009. Photograph kindly provided by Bryan Mulder - pilot and photographer. (© Bryan Mulder)

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Mild Monday afternoon

I should be job hunting but thoughts of the holiday in Mozambique are a good distraction!

Happy weekend!

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Wonderland

Snowflakes {source}

Sweaters and scarves {source}

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Hermes winter campaign {source}

Snow in the city

Winter skyline

It's the most perfect summer day in Johannesburg: 30 degrees celcius, no wind, dark clouds forming on the horizon, everything as green as it possibly can be... but a tiny part of me misses freezing cold New York mid winters.

Happy birthday fairyinmysink!

My little sister turns 24!

Happy New Year!!!

More love than ever. A job. Greener. See the Namaqualand daisies. Cook more. Worry less. New York in the summer. Etching. Expand herb garden beyond mint and parsley. Imagine. Less thinking more doing. Publish my book. Give time. Find time. Family. Hand write letters. Friends. Books. Learn something new. Surprise.

I am sure these ideas will change and grow but it's my start to a new year. A new decade. It is storming in Jo'burg right now, one of those epic electric stroms the highveld is known for. It's a good sign of things to come.