In 1992, the movie Damaged came out, starring Juliette Binoche and Jeremy Irons. It was a heavy movie, with dark themes, including incest. The movie was based on a similarly-titled book, by Josephine Hart, and there is a quote from the book (and the movie) that I have come across quite often: “All damaged people…
Author: Tessa
I'm the lady in red when every other person is dressed in drab colors. I have a healthy disrespect for all authority and have set out the goal to live life on my own terms. Nothing illegal, just damn unbureaucratic!
Getting inspired and getting going
Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative and creation, there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one…
Building some savings
First off, I have to confess that I have never really given thought to the idea of building a nest egg for whatever reason. After all, my debt is entirely manageable and I contribute extra to both my employers’ pension fund and my bond. And yes, that’s cringeworthy in itself. Why? Because I am a…
Getting out of my head, into myself and into the moment!
Don’t tell anyone I said this because I shall deny it in the highest courts of law, but my life isn’t altogether happy. It’s not particularly sad, either. It’s just… blah! Or meh… or whatever the word is these days to describe something that’s truly boring and unsatisfying. Yes, that word. That is how my…
Making Rum Balls for Christmas
I used The Preppy Kitchen Rum Ball Recipe, with “extra liquid” added to make some rum balls as edible Christmas and Thank You gifts for my family and neighbors at the end of 2020. But then, I started thinking… What if I made some more, but played around a bit with the alcoholic additives? Like,…
The Comparison Trap
I hit a bit of a speed bump today. The problem was that I could only blame myself for that one. You see, I met with an online acquaintance yesterday. He seemed to have it all together, and to know all the right people and go all the right places, and he was actually…
The Four Most Dangerous Words I Know
There are some words in my vocabulary, that – strung together in a certain order – cause panic reactions in the people that know me well. That some of those people are on the other side of the planet, doesn’t really influence things. They still feel the fear… The words are I have been thinking……
NaNoWriMo 2020
2020 was an interesting year. It felt like it went like January, February, March, Lockdown, NaNoWriMo, December! I had reduced working hours this year, albeit at full pay (being a government employee in South Africa has its advantages, sometimes!), which left me with a lot of time to devote to the activities that I really,…
The Great Reset – Why the Great Panic?
2020 was an interesting year. Not only did the whole world have to deal with a Supersized Flu Virus, but I can’t remember ever reading or hearing more conspiracy theories in any one year before this one. The latest and greatest of them all are all about the Great Reset, which would herald in the…
Morgana’s Heir
The initial draft of this manuscript was completed during NaNoWriMo in 2019. I took a massive gamble and instead of getting someone from outside to do it – at a premium – simply ran it through Grammarly before I submitted it to Amazon. Of course, that meant that I had to redo the layout a…