THE POWER OF ONE - this is a must read story!

THE POWER OF ONE This is a powerful story straight from WWII and the holocaust. I picked up the SA JEWISH REPORT 24 - 31 May 2019 and on page 5 I read this remarkable story. It is how one man, Nobuki Sugihara's father defied the Nazis and wrote travel documents to the beleaguered Jews trapped in Lithuania during the holocaust. 75 Years later Rabbi Yossi Goldman's father Rabbi Shimon Goldman was a recipient of such a travel document. Yossi and...

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Small talk with strangers puts you on a high for the entire day

Ivan Pachosky  I love talking to strangers - from the cashier behind the cash register to a stranger walking by in the street. Just pass a remark. And they talk back with a similar remark or just smiles at you. This is a very interesting article to read - click here. My images above is definite proof of this approach. I started talking to this complete stranger at someone's home and eventually it he invited me to a rehearsal of his...

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SOCCER MADNESS IN SOUTH AFRICA: 2010

Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria   Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria  Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria  Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria During 2010 soccer madness gripped my country being the host for the 2010 Soccer World Cup. And my country's soccer team BAFANA BAFANA played in the opening game. I was so engrossed with this thing and I grabbed my camera and went shooting. Never before nor afterwards...

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LONG OVERDUE POST: I TOOK SERIOUSLY ILL & DNA HELPS TO SOLVE MURDER CASES

My dear Reader I owe you an apology for not posting anything on my blog. The very short reason for this delay is that I took seriously ill with my liver. I contracted a non-alcoholic fatty liver. I was hospitalized for 3 days and eventually "nafl" was diagnosed. I am much better and I also visited a nutritionist. There is apparently no prescribed medication for this condition; the only thing you do is to change your diet. Now I am up and about...

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