A Life lived and living
If one of my silly stories can benefit just one person – it’s already more than I can ask for
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The Art of Persuasion
If you were in an Afrikaans school in the 90’s or 2000’s, you are probably familiar with the Afrikaans play – Die Keiser, by Barto Smit. It’s a political satire based on ‘The Emperor’s new clothes’ and it was popular for a couple of reasons. It was funny, tongue in cheek political – and it…
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Blissfully Tabled
I love food. Anyone who knows me, probably knows this about me. I’m also not very conventional in my food methods. If I invite you over for dinner – it will most likely be as a test subject to some idea I have. Lately, I have been exploring the amazing use of the mango. The…
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Hidden Agenda
I decided last week to take a couple of days leave for this week. When you are coping in a high stress environment from all directions, for a prolonged time – a breather is just necessary at times. And some other things as well. So the plan was to visit my brother first and from…
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Man’s search for Peace
If all of us would describe our idea of peaceful – what would it look like? Would it be silence? Laughter from loved one’s? Screaming children? Loud singing? For me peace is in nature. A bright blue sky and the sun on my skin. A cool breeze that plays with my hair. Greenery all around…
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Blamelessly Gate Crashing
I heard a well-intended motivational tale sometime last year in a session at work, where the speaker told a story about him and his siblings that used to swing on the security gate at their front door. One day after school, he got home and the gate was off its hinges from whoever swung on…
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Sincerely, Me
I have come to accept that I can be quite naive at times. I know – I don’t really have the nose for it, but here we are. When I was about 8 – one of my mothers’ friends said I was so cute – she wanted to adopt me. So of course – I…
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A Year of Sunrise
Ah – can you feel it? The new year approaching? Most is a bit rested now, and I think for almost everyone (almost) there is a sense of excitement. The New Year is a shining present filled with new sunrises and sunsets; new beginnings and a level of freshness. Now is the time to write…
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Humility and Hope
And here we are, almost at the end of 2024 on Christmas eve. Some of you are away on holiday. Others are resting at home. Some are working throughout this time period. There will be a mixture of excitement for most, but some might be grumpy with all the celebrations. For some of you, there…
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Damsel in Shining Armour
When I was a little girl and had my long nose stuck in books and all the happy endings – I used to beg my parents if we can take orphans in for the school holidays. My parents were never for that idea. Where I had the daydream, they were a bit more realistic about…
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As Smart as a Daze
A colleague, who is quite intelligent and a bit of a recluse, came to talk to me last week about everything that is unfolding at work. (There’s a LOT going on). I asked him my normal go-to question: If you can do anything you want, what would it be? His answer left me a bit…