Most of my life has been spent in Africa. My parents immigrated to South Africa when I was but a wee child, moving later to Zimbabwe when it was still known as Rhodesia. Later still, when troubles and terror returned to my beautiful country, my husband and I packed up our life and children and moved to Zambia, where we spent nearly eight years before finally moving to the UK at the beginning of 2008.

I have always enjoyed writing down my thoughts. Even as a child I loved to scribble but it was only when I moved to Zambia that I began to write in earnest. Mostly I like to write poetry although I have written a few more serious pieces since joining Helium. Sadly I find England less inspiring than the somewhat backward but always amusing country of Zambia, a country of never ending contradictions, friendly people and interesting tales! While I was in Zambia I started a Blog - it was always meant to be a place of light conversation and amusing ancedotes.

I write because I enjoy it, now the inspiration seems sadly missing.

My life philosophy? Ventis secundis, tene cursum. :)

I'm also proud to have been invited to contribute to Brit and Grit's very topical and amusing web site. I'm really looking forward to adding my voice to this very professional site and hope you'll find the time to pop along and read me at http://britandgrit.com/

My passion is ...

fighting for what is right!

I know too much about ...

moving home

My parents always told me ...

to be polite and remember to say thank you :)

My childhood ambition ...

to be an opera singer

My favorite memory ...

my daughter riding at the dressage finals in Germany

Why I write ...

for pleasure, for joy and for fun

What I am reading/watching/listening to ...

not a lot at the moment

My first job ...

in a bank

My best moment ...

My daughter winning the FEI dressage and qualifying to go to Germany to ride the Finals

My inspiration ...

I'm seriously hoping to find some soon!

Society & Lifestyle > Immigration Issues How immigration has affected the UK

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The UK must be one of the most generous countries in the world when it comes to immigration. No-one appears to be turned away, including some very undesirable elements that have nothing to offer the country but are all too happy to run it down and attempt to undermine its cultural heritage.
The English have proved themselves to be the most tolerant of people when it comes to welcoming other nationalities into their country - we have a diverse and vibrant cross section of people living here and few object as long as they fit in and contribute to society. Unfortunately, this is not always th...

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