Hillcrest, a leafy suburb on the outskirts of Durban, is the gateway to the Valley of a Thousand Hills and the breathtaking KwaZulu-Natal Midlands. I share a little wooden cottage with A German Shepherd/Doberman/Timberwolf who thinks he's the size of a Toy Pom and a miniature Maltese who thinks she's a Great Dane. I guess they balance each other out. I'm also slave to a cat with personality issues. I have a degree in Communications and English, with some Education and Psychology thrown in for fun. The need to earn a living has taken me from managing my husband's plumbing business through an an...