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Browsing Tag
Hello everyone, it’s me – Fiji. I don’t believe it! It’s just not right! A few days ago I finally relented and told Mom she was no longer grounded. If you remember, I grounded her when she returned from Mauritius at the end of last year and told her she wasn’t allowed to leave the …
I often get asked about the process I use when I travel. I suspect non-blind people have a difficult time understanding what I gain from exploring new destinations. That was why I suggested travel as a topic for a presentation I was invited to give at the International Women’s Club meeting in Cape Town last …
Since moving to South Africa from the UK when I was four years old I have lived by the sea, first in Durban and now in Cape Town. Despite this, and notwithstanding the fact that spending time on the beach has always been a favourite activity of people around me, I have never really been …
I was sitting at the gate, waiting to board my flight from Krakow to Vienna, when a cold, wet nose gently insinuated itself into my hand. To say I was startled would be something of an understatement. I pressed the stop button on my book reader, reached out my hand… and patted the gorgeous collie …
Hello everyone, it’s me – Fiji. I’ve been getting more and more angry over the past few months. It feels like Mom is simply never around anymore – first she went to Europe for a whole month. She had only been home for a few weeks when she suddenly disappeared again, this time to Mauritius. …
It feels somewhat strange to say this, but I’m travelling again. The reason it feels a little peculiar is that I’m still processing all that I experienced on my trip to Europe six weeks ago. Not to mention how odd it is for me to travel twice in such a short time after almost …
I live in a quiet suburb of Cape Town, near a river estuary. The area is lush, green and we have lots of trees in the surrounding area. And an almost constant accompaniment of birdsong. Birds are so much a part of my everyday life that I hardly hear them when I’m concentrating. Still, every …
I know, I know – the first blog of the month is meant to be a Fiji post. But seeing as she posted a few additional blogs while I was overseas, I think I’m justified in dognapping this spot from her, don’t you? Besides, since I’ve just returned from an amazing, exhausting, fascinating, busy, invigorating, …
Hello everyone, it’s me – Fiji. Today is my birthday. I’m not going to tell you how old I am because a lady never reveals her age. Well, to be honest, I’m still unsure if I should be counting in human or doggy years so I just thought I would ignore the whole …
I’m sure I’m not the only one who grabs for her phone whenever I hear a notification. Or who hunts around to find it when the phone alerts me that I have an incoming call. Or dash into the kitchen to check on supper when I hear the oven buzzer. In all of these cases …