Have you ever watched a movie or a TV show and you just instantly related to one of the characters? Of course you have! We recognise a bit of ourselves in these characters and we just naturally relate to them. My brother and I once watched a movie and one of characters had red hair. Read more

My dad used to say that everything in life worth having, is worth working for. Even if it’s your own happiness.  It sounds weird, because as the daily activities of life comes and goes each day. We can so easily fall into monotonous actions. Wake up, go to work, drive the kids around, eat, sleep Read more

In December of 1995 we returned to Mossel bay for a holiday, almost 2 years after we moved away from that area. Dad had a new caravan and we were all excited to test it out. It was a whole planned trip to reunite at all the spots we fondly left behind. I learned a Read more

Oh, dear friends! If I tell you that I woke up in a bit of a flat spin on Sunday morning, with feelings of utter inadequacy for not being kind enough, not caring enough, not understanding enough, not giving enough, not helping enough – it will be a slight understatement. Every good attempt, act of Read more

In school, creative writing was my thing. In both languages. I enjoyed it, looked forward to it and my approach to any essay has always been a bit storytelling, with a dash of artistic freedom and metaphors. It helped that I was decent enough at it. I have dedicated essays to Vincent van Gogh, was Read more

In the olden days, for two boys to (light-heartedly) start a fight, the one boy would draw a line in the ground and challenge the other one to step over the line. Once the line has been crossed, the fight officially starts – no more go backsies. The lines were pretty clear for me, growing Read more

When I was about 6 years old, my brother received 2 walkie talkies as a Christmas present. It was a great present to share and it even had the military alphabet and Morse code displayed. Both of these – which to this day – I cannot remember. Except for whatever the “Alpha – Mike – Read more

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 Read more

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 Read more

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 Read more