Excerpts from the bittersweet diary entries (on 27 September, spanning 9 years) of a mother, mother-in-love and grandmother
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LITTLE BOY
On this day in 1945 an estimated 80,000 people were instantly killed off in one of the most...
CELEBRATE 731 DAYS!
Seven hundred and thirty one days ago, in the dead of a Free State winter, a hunkingly handsome...
FROM AMUSEMENT TO AMAZEMENT
My beloved Assie and I spent a few days on a Free State farm last week.
ASSISTING THE DYING TO MAINTAIN DIGNITY IN DEATH
Although I started out in Afrikaans, I decided to write this reflection in English to make it...
YOUR TIME IS UP, EMPERORS, YOU ARE THE WEAKEST (NAKED) LINKS!
This is an opinion-infused exposé on the dreary, drawn-out saga of South African government gwarra...
MOTHER’S DAY 2024
I spent Wednesday afternoon feverishly working on my TEARS, TATTOOS AND THE TENDER WISDOM OF A...
TEARS, TATTOOS AND THE TENDER WISDOM OF A FIVE-YEAR-OLD
The older I get, the more proficiently skilled I seem to get in lachrymation secretion....
THE LIGHT OF LOVE IN SUFFERING
I was afforded the exciting opportunity to preach at my church’s English evening service this past...








