Crawling is the Journey
Probably for the past 2 months, I have had a severe condition. It is not the sort of thing you can take to the doctor. The Silver Foxes did not help either, but said: they know the feeling, they had this condition at times as well, in various degrees of severity. Go have a nice […]
Time stops for no one, so why curse what you cannot control. I listened to a talk some time ago, and the speaker said that in modern times, middle age lasts up to 75, and only thereafter does old age kick in. Only once you reach 85, he said, are you considered old. By 95, […]
This week, I will have to be very careful not to turn my weekly writing into colonial political commentary. You see, last week one of those big world events happened. Whether it affects you personally or not, we all felt the ripple effects of when Queen Elizabeth II died. A big tree fell in the […]
Op die groot saai dag van die heelal (On the big day of seed planting) Het reeds ‘n entjie duskant Wupperthal (Just beyond Wupperthal) Oor die kaal Noordweste (Across the barren Northwest) ‘n sakkie van die Here se beste (a small packet of the Lord’s best seed) Saad per ongeluk gelek, gelek en uitgeval (Accidently […]
Sometimes, one must just be still, listen and not speak. This apparently, is the most valuable form of communication. One of my managers once reminded me that I have two ears and one mouth for a reason. That day he also said to me: I do not speak often, but when I do, listen to […]