I spent most of the day cutting wooden floor blocks to size and fitting them. The glue I used takes up to 48 hours to set. I had some pretty good used wood that could be used for skirting boards. The thickness was right, but it had a few holes from previous use and some […]
There are many things that puzzle children. I could never understand as a child how my mom always knew things about me … where I was and what I was doing or did. Our children could not grasp how Jenny knew what they were up to. Responding to the question “Mommy, how do you know […]
I have always been interested in ‘nicknames’ given to people. Angela spent time with us at one stage when Nathan was about three years old. It was during the time that Ang was pregnant with Rachel. Jenny would call me for supper like this: “Lovie, supper is ready”. And, should I not respond within a […]
God has surrounded us with some friends who are wonderful examples of perseverance in life and in their love and faith in Jesus Christ. Our one friend is one of these people. Yesterday, she shared her morning experience with us. She lives on her son’s small holding in a separate house. Actually, there are three […]
Today is the 99th day of lock down. It so happens that today I have three stories and I’m going to share them from the last to the first. On the radio this afternoon we heard a man’s SMS read as follows: “If all the women died, who would look after us and point us […]
South Africa’s Auditor-General Kimi Makwetu’s local government audit results for the 2018-19 financial year have found that out of the 257 municipalities in the country, only 20 have been awarded clean audits. Most of the municipalities with clean audits are in the Western Cape and Gauteng. Makwetu’s report found that municipalities have lost a total […]
There is an old saying: “Everything he touches turns to gold.” This is definitely not applicable to me! Our house is rather old and it seems every task is far lengthier than my time allocation. Over the last year, we used all bedrooms as our American children visited. Due to having the rooms set up […]
The older I become, the more I am extremely aware of how desperately wicked my heart is. Have you ever felt or thought like this? Now, I’m a person who loves music with a beat … lively music. Many of the modern Christian songs have that … but one thing we can’t get away from […]
I was sent a few pictures showing how huge trees have been uprooted with others blown over … falling onto vehicles, squashing them as the winter weather creates havoc in the Western Cape. The winds have been so strong that in some places on the East Coast waves of up to 9 meters high have […]
I do understand the hardships people with a ‘pay as you go data connection’ have to go through. When the data is used up, there is no connection, resulting in you being unable to do anything on your smartphone, laptop, tablet or any other device that requires data. Running out of data can be devastating. […]