WHAT DO YOU DO WITH YOUR TIME? A READER'S RESPONSE TO MY QUESTION

This guy was standing still spinning about 200 k.p.h.! We all got a kick out of it!! One of my readers and a fellow genealogist took time to reply to my blog post of yesterday [5 July 2017]. I encourage you to read and to join her; please tell me what do you do with your time? My e-mail address: neelscoertse@wirelessza.co.za  I know I have readers all over the world - I would really like to hear from you.  Hello NeelsI thought I...

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WHAT DO YOU DO WITH YOUR TIME? SPARE TIME? WASTE TIME?

My friend Alan Mason during the 2010 World Cup in South Africa What do you do with your time? We all have only 24 hours per day to "spend." I know my friend Alan Mason is a very keen photographer. Some time ago he challenged himself to take one photograph per day for 365 days. He completed it with gusto and great photos. During the World Cup in South Africa him and I went to the Mary Fitzgerald Square in Johannesburg taking our cameras with...

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How the iPhone revolutionised photography

Fashion photographer Georges Antoni and Margaret Zhang for Elle Australia Fashion photographer Georges Antoni uses the iPhone 7 Plus on Portrait mode to photograph Margaret Zhang for the June cover story of Elle Australia.  Can you believe this? The face of photography [pun intended] have been changed tremendously. I was a member of photographic societies in Johannesburg area for a number of years and later was "duped" into believing that...

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CAMERON CARPENTER - ORGANIST EXTRAORDINARY BY THE EXTREME!!

CAMERON CARPENTER: Photo credit: internet This man is most talented and every single time I listen AND look at his performances I am hugely impressed by his talents. Thank you Cameron for what you are doing for us to enjoy. Follow this link to his Overture to "Candi...

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CHANGES IN HEART TRANSPLANT RECIPIENTS

DR PAUL PEARSALL's THE  HEART'S CODE New findings about cellular memories and their role in the mind/heart/spirit connection by Dr Paul Pearsall - this book challenges one's mindset about life and what it entails. It seems as if his thesis is that the heart is a more powerful organ than the brain. I suggest that you get your own copy to read. The ISBN Number is: 0-7679-0095-2; the soft cover book was published during 1999.  Just...

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What makes a good life? Lessons from the longest study on happiness

Robert Waldinger - the chief of the research team It is a remarkable study over a continuous period of 75 years - the longest in history. And the insights they gained can change your life - if you are prepared to take the risk. It is a risk to cultivate personal relationships. He says in so many words that personal relationships are "... messy ..." Don't I know this from very personal experience; it is an ongoing saga in my family.  Click...

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HOW TO TRAVEL IN RURAL ZIMBABWE: PLUMTREE

One way of travelling in the 21st Century! I visited Plumtree in Zimbabwe the other day and traveled into the deep rural areas. Please watch the videoclips of the different modes of transport I found during my very brief visit there.  I often heard people shouting at the top of their voices: "Mlungu!!" My companion explained that those people have never seen a white man. In the village of Plumtree a Zimbabwean approached me...

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