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16/04/2017
A piece on my experience of Darjeeling
Darjeeling unlimited As we land in Bagdogra, the sharp drop in temperature and crisp air tell us we have entered a completely different environment. We embark on a three-hour journey to get to Darjeeling. The town is l…
18/02/2017
My latest blog post: Do some people even get the luxury of a first chance?
Second Chances We drive past a small boy begging on the side of the road. He must be about seven. The flow of passing cars marks the passage of time throughout his day. He stands on “his own two feet”, all alone …
27/01/2017
I'm so excited-Another of my posts on Huffpost
Technology Has Become Our Ultimate Companion We are intravenously feeding our minds with new information, scrolling through photos of acquaintances, celebrities and other people's experiences.
23/01/2017
My latest blog post:)
The ultimate companion As I’m writing this, my phone has beeped a few times. I see a blue flash beckoning me to answer it. At first I look up, go to my phone and see who is trying to get hold of me. I’ve been tagged in a…
09/12/2016
Thanks Huffington Post for sharing one of my first posts:)
In The Beginning... Judaism gives my Bobba life meaning, and at 93 there is no need to tell her that my world is different to the one she grew up in. In my world, multiculturalism is celebrated and ritual does not equal religion...
20/11/2016
What does it take to repair a nation?
Broken windows South Africa is a democracy entering her early twenties, a nation made up of 52 million souls. 52 million beings who make decisions on a daily basis. 52 million lives intertwined with each other. 5…
06/11/2016
My grandfather was a German Jew who fled Berlin in 1932. I did some research into my lineage and what I found surprised me.
The stories we tell ourselves Erwin was born to Emanuel and Martha in Berlin in about 1910. He was an avid soccer player and had two sisters, Margaret and Gerda. Erwin was the youngest of the siblings, so when Martha decided …
13/10/2016
https://shelleyploos.wordpress.com/2016/10/13/a-long-walk-to-freedom/
My latest blog post
A long walk to freedom In JK Rowling’s speech to the 2008 Harvard students’ graduation class, she relayed two key drivers that were fundamental to achieving her success. The first idea was that failure is an important co…
18/09/2016
The dreams or ideals we buy into ultimately create a road map for our lives.
I have a dream Martin Luther King’s speech marked a turning point in the American civil rights movement; he called for an end to racism in the United States and equality of civil and economic rights. Simil…
04/09/2016
There is always hope
Missing my glasses I lost my reading glasses this week so currently I’m trying to work though the five stages of grief. I saw a great youtube clip that has helped me through the process The 5 stages of grief Let’s st…
30/08/2016
Travel can offer the best lessons
Serendip Ed and I decided that our next overseas trip was going to be somewhere exotic and cheap. After much debate and research, we decided on Sri Lanka. My only real reference to Sri Lanka before the trip…
30/08/2016
Inspiration often comes from the most bizarre and unexpected places
DIY Inspiration often comes from the most bizarre and unexpected places…… I needed to get my bathroom door replaced, it’s a door attached to a pulley system that allows it to open and close…