friendship

  1. 23 February 2024

    A podcast for two

    A few years ago, I lost a good friend — not to death, but to the kind of slow unravelling that happens when a relationship can't find its way around the same conversational loop. What I wish we'd done…

  2. 8 January 2024

    Flying kites 🪁

    Sometimes I need to talk to someone but don't know who to reach out to, or how. This is a protocol I use — if I send you a kite emoji (🪁), it means I'd welcome a chat, but there's no obligation and no…

  3. 18 March 2022

    Investing in social capital

    Before we could store food properly, the best place to store surplus was in the stomachs of friends, family, and neighbours — and they'd reciprocate. Social capital is one of the most important forms…

  4. 18 September 2015

    Ubuntu. An ode to friendship

    Success in life, to me, isn't about accomplishments — it's about the relationships we cultivate with the people we care about. The South African word ubuntu captures it: I am because you are. If your…

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