A RANDOM GOOD DEED

RED SHOES AND PERFUME - photographer: Nicolene Coertse Last night (1 March 2017) my wife and I enjoyed a hamburger at a prize winning joint. It was extremely noisy, as usual, with a high turnover of hungry hammy eaters! Young kids were dancing at their own pace and sounds in their heads while the music playing blasting a different tune. People hacking away at the fries covered with tomato sauce or if you want ketchup. Young people standing...

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MAKE PHOTOS, DON'T TAKE PHOTOS

Freeway, Johannesburg Rag doll, Johannesburg  How can you make photographs? I think it is very easy, provided you pause for a moment or maybe two moments and just think. You should actually think even before you leave your home. Think a bit about photography. Making photographs start long before you even lift your camera. Making a photograph starts in your head and not in your camera - the  camera is just a tool to express...

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THE JOYS OF CHRISTMAS SHOPPING

This is a bit of social commentary on the warped sense of Christmas joy! It seems  as if people think that the more you give and the more expensive your Christmas gifts are, the more spiritual you are! In the meantime it is Christ Jesus that we should hon...

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ZUMA GIGGLES AGAIN. IRRATIONAL! FOOLHARDY!

THE GIGGLING PRESIDENT! It seems as if this man, the honourable President, has lost all contact with reality. Watching SONA and the seriousness with which the opposition leaders treated the matter, looking at the grave and sullen faces of the judges inclusive of the Chief Justice, this character was the only one laughing.  Do you remember President Kenneth Kaunda from Zambia and how that guy laughed?  I am really disappointed...

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ILLEGAL ORGAN HARVESTING AND TRANSPLANTS WORLDWIDE

Huang Jiefu, a former Chinese deputy health minister - photo website The Vatican recently hosted an international conference on the illegal human organ harvesting and transplantation. China was the odd country out. China may still be using executed criminals' organs. Gross!!! What about our own country the Republic of South Africa? The Rainbow Nation? It was reported during 2010 that at the Durban regional court Netcare KwaZulu (NKZ) pleaded...

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Amazing woodturner in Morocco using his hands and feet on his lathe.

Hammer and horseshoe for a horse with a sore leg - hand made by Amy De Wet farrier Amy De Wet is a farrier from Pretoria - everything he does is by hand. It is such a blessing to be able to work and to create things with one's own hands, and that is the reason why it strikes me when people do something with their hands. After Amy finished this horseshoe, he gave it to me and it now it sits on my stoep proudly welcomes visitors to my home.  Have...

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The holy mountain: monks of Mount Athos – photo essay

Monks on Mountain Athos Have a look at this wonderful photo essay about the Monks of Mount Athos. I find great inspiration in these photos. Somewhere along the line it seems to me as if modern man lost this connection with our human soul and spirit.  When I travel on the high ways and walking in the city or dining at restaurants, I observe and look at my fellow men travelling with me on the pathway of life. It is not always encouraging....

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