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 seer. Daarom gee meer aandag 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 smell the roses. Slow Dance 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 sê ek dankie aan my 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 … that is why I Read More
599 days and counting
Today I received an email in my inbox from Teatime with Liane starting off with the following … It is 599 since lockdown was announced in South Africa. It is 318 days since the start of 2021. And there are only 47 days left until 2022! … and I realised – today is 599 days since lockdown started. What impact Read More
I wish you enough
I don’t know who the original author of this piece, but I found it on the world wide web. May the author be blessed abundantly for sharing this. I WISH YOU ENOUGH Recently I overheard a father and daughter in their last moments together at the airport. They had announced the departure. Standing near the security gate, they hugged and Read More
National I Love Yarn Day
Oh, I can live with this!! I truly do love yarn! And I will gladly celebrate I LOVE YARN DAY today, October 9th. It is not a fixed date, but rather a fixed day every year being celebrated on the second Saturday of October. I just buy yarn, because I love the color or texture or just because or like Read More
National Plus Size Appreciation Day
October 6th, 2017, was dedicated as the first ever National Plus Size Appreciation Day! WHY DO WE NEED A NATIONAL PLUS SIZE APPRECIATION DAY National Plus Size Appreciation Day boosts body confidence and raise awareness to be a Body Positive Person (I still struggle with that one). Most of us are a little insecure about our appearance. Having a dedicated Read More
And she preserves too 🤭
🤔 She’s not really a good cook, but she has a few signature dishes that can save the day. Further she tries her hand at preserving. Call it what you like: butterbeans, bean salad or even sweet & sour beans. In Afrikaans it is called good ol” “sousboontjies”, which I might add: as from childhood I never ate, but these Read More
International Coffee Day
October 1st is International Coffee Day – a sad day indeed for me, because as much as I love coffee, I can not drink the 6 to 8 cups a day that I am used to. Coffee makes the daily journey into thousands of households all across the globe and is around for over 600 years. Coffee can be presented Read More
She tries her hand at drawing
Today I tried my hand at drawing from a YouTube tutorial and here is the result. It is not perfect, but I am happy with it. The next thing is to spoil myself with a decent set of pencils to get the shading right. She believed she could, so she did. R.S. Grey
National Punctuation Day
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
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