Dit voel of my liefde vir Afrikaans maar van altyd af daar was, maar ek onthou spesifiek hoe ek elke boek wat ek my hande kon oplê verslind het van ‘n baie jong ouderdom af. In laerskool het ek alles (in Afrikaans) gelees wat beskikbaar was in die skoolbiblioteek. My ma het my destyds by Read More
Author: Surene Esterhuizen
Afrikaans word 100 in 2025
Vandag is die inleiding na die feesvieringe om Afrikaans se 100 jaar te vier. Gaan kyk gerus op Afrikaans 100 se webtuiste en geniet al die lekker inligting oor Afrikaans. Gaan lees hier waarvoor Afrikaans 100 staan. Wens jou gunsteling woord in Afrikaans hier geluk en staan ‘n kans om ‘n Afrikaans 100 T-hemp te Read More
Stefaans Coetzee – Onbeskryflike genade
Titel: Onbeskryflike genadeSkrywer: Stefaans CoetzeeISBN: 978-0796-32328-6Uitgewer: Lux Verbi, druknaam van NB-Uitgewers/Publishers Boek gelees op Libby, maar dis verkrygbaar by alle boekwinkels. Hulle kan ook vir jou bestel of bestel by Graffiti Boeke. Dis nie ‘n resensie of jou gewone lesersindruk nie, maar dis wat ek wou sê nadat ek die boek gelees het. Ek het Read More
Soos dans deur Thea Holland
Te koop by jou naaste boekwinkel of aanlyn. Ek het myne op Libby raakgelees! Ná ‘n liefdesteleurstelling vlug Rozette Skotland toe en gaan werk as ‘n tai-chi instrukteur in Edinburgh. Twee jaar later keer sy terug na SA en op haar eerste dag terug loop sy haar eks raak en om die kroon te span Read More
Resensie: Barmhartigheid aan duisende
Titel: Barmhartigheid aan duisendeSkrywer: Beatrix KotzéUitgewer: NalediISBN: 978-1-928530-04-6 Casey se gedagtes is by die veelbesproke karakter, Casanova, wat baie vrouens liefgehad het, maar hulle net gebruik het. Sy besef: sy is soos hy – al is sy ‘n vrou! Barmhartigheid aan duisende is die debuut-roman van Beatrix Kotzé wat oor vier geslagte strek tot 2020. Casey Olivier is ‘n Read More
52 summers and counting
A month ago it was my 52nd birthday. I don’t just celebrate my birthday on the day . . . I have a birthday month!! The Saturday after my birthday was a special day, as I have spent the day on top of Table Mountain with a good friend who is also an October baby. Read More
It’s time to make a change
As I get closer and closer to 52, I realised there are many things I still wanted to do and just never got to … like my Woordkuns / Word art blog that just never reached the potential I had in mind for it. Somebody who has a great idea and vision for Woordkuns approached Read More
Nooit is ‘n lang, lang tyd
Ek hou daarvan om weg te gaan vir naweke en ‘n paar lekker leesboeke saam te piekel. Soos gewoonlik het ek weer die afgelope langnaweek vir my ‘n paar boeke nader gehark en een besluit op een van my ou gunstelinge – Nooit is ‘n lang, lang tyd deur Anchien Troskie. Drie vriendinne – in Read More
Wow! Look at me now!
About just over a month ago I attended a book discussion at a local library. Someone walked up to me and said something like “you look great, but your profile picture sucks”! Ouch! At the time I wasn’t sure if I should consider it a compliment or not? Afterwards, I realised it was actually a Read More
Boeke-klets: Vrydagaand
Sjoe! Waar begin ek? Eerstens, was dit heerlik om sewe van die sewe-en-twintig skrywers van Vrydagaand te ontmoet by Durbanville Biblioteek. Ek het natuurlik toe ek tuiskom besluit om eers die sewe skrywers se stories te lees voordat ek begin skryf oor vanaand. Dit is een en almal ongelooflike stories en daar is nog twintig Read More
MNet & MasterChefSA Earth Hour Dinner
Surene from West Coast Happening and Annette from Cape Town Happening had the privilege to represent Happening Media at MasterChef SA’s Earth Hour Dinner on Saturday, 26 March 2022. What an increble vibe among the contestants, media and other guests. It was my first MNet event and everyone made me feel so welcome, almost like Read More
Is it time for a vegetable garden?
It is quite shocking when you go into the grocery stores and you see the prices of vegetables. I think it is time to start a vegetable garden, if you haven’t yet. Especially if butternut sell for R29.99 per kilo. How do you know with what to start? At Stodels in Bellville, Western Cape, you Read More
The Penthouse, Paternoster
8 Ambyl Street, Mosselbank, Paternoster From the moment we walked into The Penthouse we enjoyed sheer luxury. I still can’t decide what the best part of The Penthouse was, but for now I will go with the glorious views we enjoyed. The Penthouse is perfectly located right on the beach offering its visitors the perfect Read More
Boeke klets saam met Sidney Gilroy
Ek was bevoorreg om ‘n boeke klets by te woon saam met skrywer Sidney Gilroy. Daar is so baie gesels in daardie 90 minute dat ek werklik nie oor alles kan skryf nie. Maar dit wat die meeste vir my uitgestaan het, was toe Sidney meer verduidelik het oor sy karakter ontwikkeling. Karakters René onthou Read More
Review – Shirley Valentine
The one-woman show starring Natasha Sutherland as Shirley Valentine has left me speechless last night. I have always loved Natasha as an actress, but being Shirley – she is absolutely phenomenal. Yes, she did not play the role of Shirley, Natasha is Shirley. Shirley Valentine is a middle-aged bored housewife from Liverpool feeling trapped in Read More
Reflection on 2021
Two days ago I started writing on my reflection of 2021, and while I was busy with that I also saw a lot of people posting theirs on social media. While reading that I realized how many people had a really bad year, and although I felt trapped and unhappy, I had a great deal Read More
Ek het geleer … of dalk het ek nie …
Diegene wat jou nie opsoek nie, mis jou nie. En wie jou nie mis nie, hou nie van jou nie. Die lewe besluit wie in jou lewe kom, maar jy besluit wie daar moet bly. (Glo my, dis bevrydend om die bande te knip.) Die waarheid maak net eenkeer seer, maar die leuen maak altyd Read More
Slow Dance by David L. Weatherford.
I have found this poem so many times somewhere on the internet, each time connected to a new story. I’ve made a decision in my life that will cause a huge change for me and this poem came up again to remind me to remember not to dance so fast anymore. The slow down and Read More
Afsaal Kothuis, Trekoskraal
Ek begin tik en ek wonder of kothuis die korrekte Afrikaanse vertaling vir cottage is? In elk geval, ek het die heerlikste, rustigste naweek aan die Weskus deurgebring by Afsaal Cottage, net langs die Afsaal Padstal in Trekoskraal. Die eerste ding wat my tref toe ek Vrydagaand daar stop was die ongelooflike stilte en spontaan Read More
Declutter – again?
Declutter? Again, you might ask? You wouldn’t know how many times during a year I get up in the morning and decide that today I will start to declutter. And then I am ADD – so the urge to declutter normally doesn’t last too long. I don’t like getting bored with what I’m busy with Read More