Monday, 10 February 2020

Why be invisible? Start writing.

Prof Jordan Peterson How dare I write on such a subject? There are more people better qualified to do this than I – or are there? I don’t think so – because if some else writes this, then it is not me that did it and it will be that other person’s voice and definitely not mine. So, I have to write this – and I am sure that Prof. Dr. Jordan Petersen [click on this link] will whole heartedly agree with me. He might not agree with me about the...

Tuesday, 4 February 2020

HLALANATHI - ZULU WORD FOR "COME STAY/SLEEP WITH US."

View of the amphitheater of the Drakensberg, Northern Drakensberg, Kwa-Zulu Natal Hlalanathi - it is a Zulu word which means "come sleep/stay with us." It is a holiday resort with a lovely restaurant and a golf course. My wife and I made our own long weekend and decided to spend time here and visiting brand new friends whom we met through our mutual love of photography. Photography! There is a magical device that you can hold in your...

Friday, 24 January 2020

KGOMOTSO - COMFORT & MERCY - MEN I MET TODAY IN CBD JOHANNESBURG

MR BHARAT - COBBLER  PROTESTER: PARLIAMENT CAPE TOWN FRIEND OF MY GARDENER All of these men had an influence on my life in the past. Mr Bharat is a cobbler in a shopping centre in the basement of the luxurious centre. He is always friendly although I have not brought him any business at all. The protester I met outside Parliament in Cape Town protesting a certain cause. The friend of my gardener came to visit his friend when...

Friday, 17 January 2020

WHAT DOES SARA WESSLIN AND HANNAH OF THE BIBLE HAVE IN COMMON?

SARA WESSLIN   She is Skolt Sami a journalist and listed among the world's 100 most influential women. There are about 1200 Skolt Sámi living in the border areas between Finland, Russia and Norway. Not all speak the language. And she is actively pursuing to save her language from extinction. If you want to read about her click on this link.  Hannah of the Bible was also a lonely women and barren at that. And that...

Tuesday, 7 January 2020

NEW YEAR, NEW DECADE WAITING FOR US 2020: GRAPHIC IMAGES: WARNING

THE SAME MESSAGE FROM LAST DECADE? NO - NOT SO!  IT'S FOR 2020 I am still planting flowers and vegetables and tending my 5 hens for their eggs. Yes, they give me 4 - 5 eggs per day. I have just harvested just enough beans for supper tonight. My own homegrown beans from our garden. And I have legal work to do - I am still useful and required by clients to assist them with their legal problems. And I have not lost faith in Christ Jesus...

Sunday, 22 December 2019

THE CHRISTMAS STORY - ANIMATED BY MIHAIL ALDASHIN ROZHDESTVO

UNITED NATIONS - WORLD'S PEACE KEEPING FORCE There are hundreds of animations on YouTube available. And more so with the Christmas theme of Christ being born in Bethlehem. One of the best I have seen is by this Russian artist Mikhail Aldashin Rozhdestvo - and I give him all the credit I can muster for his wonderful creative spirit and I ask you to join me enjoying his viewpoint by clicking on this link. Of course you cannot watch this YouTube...

Thursday, 12 December 2019

SIYA KOLISI - ALL IT TAKES IS ONE PERSON TO RESTORE HOPE

All it takes is one person to restore hope! Wow! Do you believe that? I do. SIYA KOLISI - SPRINGBOK CAPTAIN 2019 This is the message I got from our South African Springbok Captain during 2019 - it was one teached in his school that got thru to Siya. And as Siya says: "You must say yes to God. And then things will happen to you." Listen to his story by clicking on this link. He tells his story with such humility and honesty and that is striking....