Today, 24 September 2021, we celebrate Heritage Day in South Africa and we also have our National Braai (BBQ) Day, but since just about everybody is going to write about Braai Day and flood Social Media with pictures of that, I decided that today I will write about National Punctuation Day. One thing is for sure: punctuation used correctly can Read More
Surene chats
International day of Sign Languages
Today, 23 September 2021, is International day of Sign Languages. For me this is a very important day and I think that each South African should know a Sign Language. Do I know it? No, I don’t, but I know the Sign Language alphabet. Who the heck spells out their words while talking!? Why International Day of Sign Languages in Read More
International day of whatever
Somewhere in the world some special day is celebrated and it seems that if there wasn’t something to celebrate someone will find something to celebrate … even if it is National Slap my Buddy Day! Today, 21 September (you can follow this link to see all), there are 9 different celebrations going on worldwide. The four that I can relate Read More
Do you care enough?
This morning I received a photo via WhatsApp … and it immediately set off a spark of memories. This photo was taken almost 18 years ago on New Year’s Eve. This was a happy moment and my late “brother in law” had one of his very rare smiles. It also sparked a lot of other thoughts … when someone dies, Read More
AFRIKAANS ~ The most expressive language ever
FOUND SOMEWHERE IN THE WORD WIDE WEB – Author unknown to me How do you explain the word “sommer” to someone who is not South African? It’s not only a foreign word, it’s a foreign concept. Perhaps the English never do anything “just sommer“. There really is no equivalent … “Why are you laughing? Just sommer.” “Bakkie” is another one, Read More
Nostalgia
Tonight I was reminded that in a few days a group of us would have been on our way to Israel. I had a moment of “oh no”! The same person also reminded me that all happens for a reason and that our God is in control. Always! Our first opportunity would have been in November of 2020 . . Read More
Organized or not?
Being a Libra, people tend to think that I am always in control of everything. My mood, my world, my work and my stuff. This is what they say about Librans: Libra (September 23 – October 22) Librans love beauty. They can create beautiful living spaces, too, when they are in the mood, that is. When their scales are out Read More
I am a woman! What is your super power?
I am really lucky that most of the women in my life are living a life to uplift others. Women who has another woman’s back. People you can trust not to be shy to praise another woman without feeling threatened. I had the privileged of talking to quite a few women this past weekend in Yzerfontein and the amazing thing Read More
Good enough … or not?
Who gets to make the decision to decide whether I (or you) are good enough or not? Who sets the parameters to make that decision? We are all lead by what society or the media dictates. We are even lead by singers like Olivia Rodrigo who sang Good enough for you and you can find the lyrics on this link. Read More
The many faces of this woman
Is there a benefit in changing your look all the time?
Red wine and its benefits
DISCLAIMER: Please take note that this is not a post the give you permission to drink. It is merely my quarky response to a very informative blog article I read, of which you can follow the link further below. Red wine is alcohol (duh) and we have heard many times that alcohol is bad for you, which it most definitely Read More
To vax or not to vax
I am so over it! All the fighting on social media between those pro-vaccination and those against it. I am tired of people attacking each other about it. Someone said the other day that they don’t want the vaccination, because it is impossible to have developed it so quickly. Really? Everyone pray everyday to have the protection of God over Read More
Sue cooks … again!
My ♡ throb works away this week and I decided to make one of his favourite lunches so that he can have a nice packed lunch A LA MOM for his first day away from home. I got to spoil the dude, that way I know he will always appreciate his old lady. Normally I would make easy food. As Read More
Sue cooks …
…. if you know me well, you will know … this chicks doesn’t cook, but I do have a signature dish or two that will rock your world. Many moons ago, in fact, half my life ago … I shared a flat with my friend, Ilzé, in Cape Town. One of her favorite dishes her mom used to make was Read More
Never say never
How many times in your life have you said: never will I … ? There are quite a few things that I have said NEVER for before … one of them was “never will I get lost” as I have always been lucky enough to instinctively get to where ever I need to be without much trouble … famous last Read More
ANTHONY HOPKINS – Powerful words
I found this on the world wide web and decide to share it as is … ′′Let go of the people who are not prepared to love you. This is the hardest thing you will have to do in your life and it will also be the most important thing. Stop having hard conversations with people who don’t want to Read More
Who I am?
I am an active reader and read almost anything from children’s books right through to non-fiction, but I can easily put a boring book down. Time is just too precious to waste. I have dreamt about my own blog for many years, but had no idea what I wanted to write about. I’m not even sure if I know yet. Read More
ODE TO A SPELL CHECKER
My internet search shows this was written by Jerrold H Zar Eye halve a spelling check her,It came with my pea sea.It plane lee marks four my revueMiss steaks aye kin knot sea.Eye ran this poem threw it,Your sure reel glad two no.Its vary polished in it’s weigh,My checker tolled me sew.A check her is a bless sing;It freeze yew Read More
Want to be larger than life?
I found this piece and photo on the internet, and just had to share this by Katharine Hepburn, in her own words: “Once when I was a teenager, my father and I were standing in line to buy tickets for the circus. Finally, there was only one other family between us and the ticket counter. This family made a big Read More