The Sweet Service Award goes to Biomedcan, and its Marcel Hartman, who sent me two sample packs of their SLEEP CBD capsules, when he read in my Facebook posts that I was struggling to get enough sleep, sometimes struggling to fall asleep, or waking up too early. Since taking the tablets my sleeping time has increased to as much as 8 hours, almost double the number of hours of sleep which I have been getting, and a deeper sleep too. The capsules seem to have a calming effect too, taking underlying anxieties away. The product contains Cannabis, and is natural in containing no chemicals. Marcel wrote to say that the product is available at Takealot.com. Continue reading →


I have not been fitness-conscious in many years, but in preparation for my Camino walk, I decided to invest in a FitBit, a watch that not only tells the date and time, but also provides information about one’s activity in terms of steps and kilometers covered, calories burned, and one’s heart rate. All the measures are tracked daily and weekly, from the time that one startswearing the FitBit.