We are 276 days into lockdown because of the Coronavirus strain, COVID-19. We started at Level 5, which was a hard lock down, that gradually eased to Level 1. Whatever we might feel about the effects of lock down, such as a ruined economy, businesses collapsing, people losing their employment, interest rate cuts affecting the […]
I learnt something quite fascinating tonight. We were on a Zoom Session with our children and grandchildren in Naperville, just outside of Chicago. Our daughter Angela shared something with us regarding Christmas Trees. She said the “in thing” in the United States is for people to decorate their Christmas Tree and hang Christmas Lights on […]
Have you ever wondered how God would have you spend Christmas Day and what He would have you think of about the events surrounding Jesus’ birth There are two questions here, so let me address the first one first. How would God have you spend Christmas Day? Perhaps like any other day or maybe differently? […]
Have you heard that something can be both a blessings and a curse? Sometimes money can be both a blessing and a curse. The blessing is that I am able to exist … purchase a house and vehicle, purchase clothing and food, tithe and help the needy. The curse is that money could easily become […]
You know the story … “when things go wrong, things go wrong”. Jenny comes in from the laundry room saying the washing machines does not want to work. I go and check it out and nothing I do–whether it’s pressing buttons, changing plug points, running a lead from the kitchen, checking the main distribution board–gets […]
If you are one who wanted to spend time splashing in the waters down at the beaches along the Garden Route, you would likely feel hard done by because of the beach closures and the Democratic Party’s court case loss to have the beaches reopened. It does seem as though we as a nation generally […]
Today was one of those days you prefer would pass you by! I went online to pay the amenities and security company accounts, and what followed was frightening. I received two SMSs straight after each other. The first one was the normal SMS when one logs onto the Internet Banking Platform. The other SMS said […]
We have not seen many Christmas lights up in gardens this year so far. Maybe this is because we do not travel often at night these days … or it could be due to the fact that with all the disruptions of Covid throughout most of 2020, people are showing financial fatigue and have cut […]
When you meet up with family and friends, what do you talk about … especially when you have not seen these people for many years? Certain things tend to be the norm when we start talking such as sports, work, studies, family, friends, weather, coronavirus, politics, economy and religion. These tend to dominate. The space […]
Our son-in-law Roy is a wizard with electronic devices. For the past 20 plus years he has assisted me with setting up laptops, iPhones and tablets as well as various online accounts such as iCloud, One Drive and Apple ID amongst others. If there is one thing I have learnt about Roy over these years […]