CINDY ALTER, best known as the lead singer of Clout, the South African all-girl group of the ’70s, still plays the circuit with the gals of yesteryear as well as on her own. She is also the host of DiscovrTV’s live chat show, Where Are They Now? Catch it on her Facebook page or on […]
SUZANNE'S WORLD
SUZANNE'S WORLD is the new all-encompassing umbrella for features, blogs and interviews either new or archived on my website. It is also the new home of what was Melville News.
Above: The pin board in my office is a collage of of my world...
For a long time I've been searching for a name that immediately conveys, but doesn't limit, the scope of editorial content I publish on my website. As simple a task as one may think it to be, I have rejected every suggestion for not meeting those criteria. "What's in a name?" asked more than one friend, echoing Juliet in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. ("What's in a name? that which we call a rose by any other name would smells as sweet," says Juliet in a passage reflecting her wishful thinking.)
As Juliet discovered, there's a lot in a name, and in my case, the perfect solution wasn't presenting itself. Suzanne's World is an honest and broad attempt to to capture the spirit of this page. As the pin board reveals, in my case it is a personal if somewhat random collection of people and places in my professional and private life, which is intended to be symbolic.
It is here too where colleagues and friends will be encouraged to share their original, thought-provoking and entertaining words to engage readers old and new.
And now that I have settled on Suzanne's World, I hope to give up stressing about names and to get on with the writing. I'm working towards forming partnerships with other sites, which will provide yet more options for the short-attention-span age in which we find ourselves.
I'm happy to say that the launch of this new segment coincides with a feature and an extended paragraph (I'm being facetious) from John Miller, an old friend and colleague who lives in Wales... but let him tell his own stories.
Welcome to my world.
THE JUMBO SUNSET (and other goodbyes)
Aviation devotee and journalist John Miller bemoans the demise of some of the world’s most iconic commercial aircraft. He longs for the time when Covid-19 will be a thing of the past and he’ll be able to fly again. Not long ago the night skies were lit up by lights from the Airbus A380 and […]
ABOUT THE PROWRITE LOCKDOWN VIDEO TEAM
Looking for a way to boost your business in the age of Coronavirus? Prowrite Writing Services CC, which has been going since 2003, recently launched Prowrite Lockdown Video, the first new division since the writing company’s inception. An affordable video messaging service for businesses to keep in contact with their customers in a friendly, novel […]
RANDOM THOUGHTS FROM MELVILLE
Day 36, lockdown Strange thoughts come and go as a new phase of lockdown begins on Worker’s Day, nogal. How ironic was that? I decided not to venture out but those who did so reported back that the atmosphere was akin to the erstwhile Melville Mardi Gras. Laughter and chat provided relief from cabin fever. I’m […]
STILL HOME-BOUND: STILL TRYING TO STAY SANE IN THE AGE OF COVID-19
The night before Easter Friday, President Ramaphosa announced a two-week extension to lockdown. Just a fortnight prior, he declared a national disaster but in a sense it feels like a lifetime ago… Before lockdown was even a known entity, I wrote a column on my Prowrite Facebook page titled Home-bound: Staying Sane in the Age […]
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