Janet Carr

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Is Romeo and Juliet a great love story?

Shakespeare wrote Romeo and Juliet between 1591 and 1596, 432 years ago. Four centuries later it is still known as one of the great love stories ever. Is it though??? Romeo was 16, Juliet was 13, a…

Rewatching movies and television series

I enjoy watching some series and films over again, primarily because I am always doing something else while I watch television/streaming services and so it takes less concentration to rewatch somet…

Different kinds of emeralds

I had no idea there were so many types of emerald. I love emeralds, but I have always been afraid that they were a little too fragile for me, being 7.5 to 8 on the Mohs hardness scale, compared to …

Animal smiles

Zebra stripes

  When we were on a safari in South Africa recently, I asked the guide why zebras do not blend into the background like other animals – like lion – who blend into their surrounding…

Do you have pollen allergies?

When I grew up, hardly anyone had allergies. Well, maybe they did but they were not diagnosed as often? I suffer from chronic sinusitis so I am no stranger to the annoying low-grade symptoms our bo…

Ink and Paper fragrances

I wonder why these names. None of them are for fragrancing ink or paper, or fragranced like ink and paper. Are ink and paper considered something unusual, or newly trendy, or very simple and evocat…

Loadshedding

  Today I started up Skype to call my bonus mom in South Africa. When I checked the loadshedding schedule, I realised I would have to wait almost five hours because she had no electricity and …