tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81276135118500153252024-03-13T22:00:30.485+02:00juggling act of lifeTrying to find that magical balance...one day at a timecathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15788508986252339771noreply@blogger.comBlogger1510125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8127613511850015325.post-68550058054904921372018-10-08T09:09:00.002+02:002018-10-08T09:09:59.469+02:00The Lion's binding oath <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I am not
the biggest fan of short stories but once in a while a bundle of them makes
their way into my life and as a total reading addict I will give it a fair
chance. “The Lion’s binding oath and other stories”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>was a welcome change from my staple diet of
crime fiction novels.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Written by
Ahmed Ismail Yusuf raised as a nomad in Somalia that turned into a brilliant
author.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The stories are written in the
most beautiful almost poetic language – descriptive and almost musical. The
smell, tastes and people of Somalia is vividly portrayed in all it’s colour and
lively culture.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">The horrid
sounds of war are never too far in the background. The stories range from the
almost ordinary life with soccer, family and social events to the harrowing
reality of war at it’s worst. “The vulture has landed” has left me in tears –
the story of the sisters will never leave my memory. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My favorite story however is the title story
that has a touch of magic realism and a beautiful positive ending to this book
that through the horrors of war leaves us with the wonder of the resilience of
the people of Somalia in rebuilding their country.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">I found <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the very small typeface a bit uncomfortable
but it takes only a story or two to adjust your eyes. Not always an easy read
it is however extremely interesting and a beautiful piece of prose. For
something different and culturally enriching I would certainly recommend this
book. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Ek is nie ‘n
liefhebber van die kortverhaal genre nie. Gee my eerder ‘n ordentlike lang
genoeg roman. ‘n Kortverhaarl is vir my soos om ‘n hoofgereg te bestel – jy kry
dan net kans om so 3 happe van jou duck-le –orange te eet voordat dit weggeneem
word en vervang word met ‘n lekker fillet waarvan jy ook net 3 happe mag eet
voordat dit vervang word met nog ‘n lekkerte vir net 3 happe. Nee dan eerder die
vol lekker ete van ‘n roman. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rubrieke is
egter iets anders – dit is soos om aan te sit voor ‘n heerlike verskeidenheid
tappas waaraan jy met elkeen net genoeg van een lekkerte kan proe. En moet nie
van die geselligheid van tappas eet vergeet nie – tappas kan jy saam met
vriende geniet. So ook rubrieke – kort genoeg om gou voor te lees en te deel met
iemand.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">“Retoer,
Pretoria – Provence” of dan soos Marita van der Vyver dit self beskryf “ die
ongeloolike avonture van ‘n skrywende ma” is soos ‘n heerlike tafel propvol van
die lekkerste moontlike tappas , keurig uitgepak en pragtig op die oog en die
tong. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Tipies van
Marita se heerlike skryfstyf kuier sy so gesels gesels met jou deur haar storie
– slim verdeel onder die titels van haar boeke wat dit selfs interessanter maak
vir haar gereelde lesers. Van stories van haar kinderdae (“’n Fees op wiele “
is my gunsteling) tot haar begin skrywersdae en dan natuurlik die lewe in
Provence op die platteland. “Platteland bly platteland” is so heerlike stukkie
wat my groot laat glimlag het. Tipies Marita word die vrolike ook afgewissel
met die harseerder in die lewe. Ouer word, groter word en die veranderende
wêreld waarin ons ons bevind. As die ma van ‘n net-net tiener het ek die
stories oor tieners grootmaak baie geniet en selfs soms bietjie anders begin
dink.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Ek kan die
heerlike reis van Marita deur haar lewe (tot nou – sy is veels te jonk vir ‘n
outobiografie) sterk aanbeveel. Soos ons Marita ken is daar hope humor in die
stories en hope deernis waar nodig is. Die allerdaagse gesien uit die oë van ‘n
kunstenaar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Lees gerus! Vir my was dit
die lekkerste kuier ete saam met Marita. </span></div>
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ontdek met “Moordhuis” – seker een van die heel beste krimis wat ek nog
ooit gelees het. My verwagtinge was dus baie groot vir haar nuutste
boek “Lam ter slagting”. Die boek het nie een oomblik teleurgestel nie.<br />
Weereens is die komplekse Renata Malan ons speurder wat ons deur die
verhaal neem. Ek is nogals opgewonde oor die ontwikkeling wat in hierdie
karakter gebeur deur die reeks boeke waarin sy die heldin is. Ek kan
eintlik nie wag om te sien wat met h<span class="text_exposed_show">aar gebeur nie.</span><br />
Renata en haar span word ingeroep om die moord op 5 meisies te
ondersoek wat gruwelik gemartel en geplant word met die duidelike
verwysing na ‘n moontlike reeksmoordenaar. Die meisies is so geskend dat
identifikasie moeilik is. Die hulp van ‘n outistiese beeldhouer word
ingeroep maar toe hy gearisteer word vir die moorde besef Renata dat
daar baie meer agter hierdie moorde skuil as bloot ‘n reeksmoordenaar. <br />
Dit is ‘n komplekse verhaal wat korrupsie, regeringsamptenare op hoë
vlakke, sada-masochiste, menselhandel, geldwassery, kultusse en selfs
die Vrymesselaars betrek .<br />
Soos ons gewoond is aan Madelein Rust
se boeke is die spanningslyn uitstekend gehanteer . Die opbou, deurganse
hou daarvan en ontknoping is meesterlik en hou mens op die punt van jou
stoel, of dan nou wakker in die nag om net nog daai een hoofstuk te
lees voor jy gaan slaap.<br />
Wat egter vir my die sterkste punt van
haar skryfwerk is is die uitstekende karakters wat in haar boeke leef.
Elke een het ‘n volrond karakter en ek kan my dadelik indink hoe hulle
lyk of praat al is dit soms ‘n randkarakter. Malan en Coetzee se nuwe
rekruut, Nico of te wel Legend het solied ‘n plek in my hart oopgekrap.
Die outistiese beeldhouer, veral sy ma en ook sy broer is regte volrond
mense wat ek voel ek ken. En so kan ek aangaan oor omtrent elke karakter
in die boek.<br />
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So there has been a call over the weekend to all our old Blog buddies to start again, share again and thanks to Mel we have a little meme to get going:<br />
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<span style="color: #222222;">2. If you could be given ANY gift what would it be? </span><span style="color: #990000;">No anxiety - anxiety is killing me at the moment. This does actually imply a lot - also that the issues that cause me anxiety be resolved but also not to have anxiety about those that honestly do not have any foundation to be anxious about.</span></div>
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3. What was the last film that really moved/disturbed/thrilled you and w<span style="color: #990000;">hy? The Little Prince - it came at a time when we were facing loss in our family. </span></div>
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can watch it over and over again and quote lines from it? <span style="color: #990000;">Friends or a close second, Frazier</span></div>
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5. Whats your favourite way to wake up and whats the first thing you do?<span style="color: #cc0000;"> Without an alarm clock, rested. I dont think this has happened in a long time.</span></div>
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6. What would you call yourself if you could choose your own name? <span style="color: #990000;">Cat.</span></div>
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7. If you had to do a bushtucker challenge (you have to eat insects/grubs etc) what would be the worst thing you had to eat?<span style="color: #990000;"> Anything slimy - a can not stand the texture thing Oatmeal is a challenge</span></div>
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8. Whats the worst/most embarrassing CD/Album you've ever owned and do you still have it? <span style="color: red;">I had a Steve Hofmeyer record once...and nope, not any more</span><span style="color: #990000;"></span><br />
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9. What would be your dream vehicle (bikes, cars, boats, bat car and millenium falcon is allowed!)?<span style="color: #990000;"> Anything that has 7 seats, is high and can drive anywhere and is not too big to maneuver </span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;">10. Whats your favourite way to spend a Friday night? </span><span style="color: #cc0000;">At home - with take aways and the family Friday is wind down night.</span><span style="color: #222222;"></span></div>
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11. What characteristics do you dislike in yourself?<span style="color: #990000;"> I am overly anxious and procrastinates.</span></div>
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12. Your favourite item of clothing and why?<span style="color: #990000;"> .Still my denim jacket</span></div>
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13. If you could go anywhere in the world on vacation, where would it be and who would it be with? <span style="color: #e06666;">A family island vacation - we need a huge rest</span><span style="color: #990000;">.</span></div>
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14. If you could have any animal/creature, what would be your ultimate pet be?<span style="color: #990000;"> I really love our labrador .</span></div>
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15. What did you want to be when you were little and do you think you ever will be? <span style="color: #990000;">A doctor - and I have been milling my career choice over and over in my head the last yea and a half.</span></div>
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16. Whats the next planned event you're looking forward to in your life?<span style="color: #990000;"> This weekend - in the bush for a great friend;'s 50th birthday</span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;">17. What were you doing before you started this? </span><span style="color: #990000;">Working - this is the rarely found lunch break.</span></div>
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18. What was the last thing you ate that you really shouldn't have?<span style="color: #990000;"> I have had a tummy bug for the last two days - so I have to think far back. </span></div>
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19. If you were an ice cream what would you be? <span style="color: #990000;">Vanilla soft serve.</span></div>
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20. Who was the last person you spoke to that you didn't want to talk to?<span style="color: #990000;"> The contractor on site - enough said.</span></div>
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21. What was your favourite toy as a child . . .and now?<span style="color: #990000;"> I loved my Cindy dolls (Barbie type doll) and played with them wel into high school. I guess my phone - but stationary brings on the happy.</span></div>
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26. What are you really afraid of?<span style="color: #990000;"> </span><span style="color: #990000;">Losing a loved one, leaving my loved ones before they are grown up, being unsuccesfull.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;">So lets see who join the reunion.</span>cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15788508986252339771noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8127613511850015325.post-54678143743047457832018-06-13T13:46:00.002+02:002018-06-13T13:46:10.983+02:00'n Lekker boek - Uit die BlouteEk het regtig so lank laas beoke gesels en ek het soveel lekkertes om te deel. Ek spring dus sommer weg met hierdie een<br />
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Kyk daar is vlakke van lekkerlees - die diepste valk vir my is die
een waar ek selfs ry met die boek en by elke verkeerslig so paar sinne
lees tot die taxi agter my vir my toeter. Dit is daardie vlak van lees
wat my sedert die naweek so vasgenael het aan <b>"Uit die Bloute" van Chanette Paul.</b><br />
Daar is 'n besondere lekkerte in reekse en karakters wat herhaal - 'n
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Daarom was dit heerlik om weereens Jojo te kan vergesel deur nog 'n
avontuur waar Irene en Valk ook weer betrokke is.Oor die karkater van
Jojo kan ek boeke skryf - die lekkertes in 'n speurder soos sy is vir my
groot. 'n Vrou na my hart. Irene het vir my in hierdie boek meer na
vore gekom en ek moet erken dat ek met heel ander oë na haar kyk. Die
karkaterontwikkeling by haar is groot. Nog lekkerder was die toevallige
"raakloop" van ander karakters uit Chanette se vorige boeke - veral
Fortuintjie wat 'n groot gunsteling van my is en net so paar reëls in
die boek het. Ek wens amper Gertjie en Gys het darem ook net oë gewys en
was nie net genoem nie. Dit was ook vir my heerlik om Joachim weer te
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kan aflei uit my eerste paragraaf is die spanningslyn in die boek
absoluut meesterlik. Daar is nie 'n oomblik waar dit genoegsaam verslap
dat mens so effe ontspan nie. Die karkaters wat nog nie bekend aan ons
is nie is geweldig interessant en mens moet kophou deur die boek. Daarom
voorsien sy soos haar gewoonte is 'n lys van karakters voor in die
boek.<br />
Die boek speel af teen die agtergrond van oënskynlike
waarnemings van verskyning van vreemde vlieënde voorwerpe en sogenaamde
"UFO abductions" wel bekend in literatuur orals. Vrae word gevra oor die
geldigheid van hierdie verskynings en laat mens selfs aan jou eie
oortuigings twyfel. Dit gaan egter veel dieper en spreek weer die
tendense van massa histerie en misleiding en die invloed van fanatiese
sekteleiers soos reeds in "Meetsnoer" gedoen is. Die agtergrond is
uiters interessant.<br />
Dit als gesê is die kern van die boek 'n
goeie "whodunnit" in die beste vorm moontlik met 'n skryfstyl wat
heerlik lees - soos ons gewoond is aan Chanette se boeke.<br />
"Uit die Bloute" is 'n heerlike lees en ek kan hom sterk aanbeveel.cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15788508986252339771noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8127613511850015325.post-38161441384467976252018-05-10T08:51:00.001+02:002018-05-10T11:45:19.875+02:00Rewind - to joy!<br />
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Oh the joy! As a child of the 80's I could once again relive my high school years this weekend! I could re experience the gut wrenching loss of a boyfriend with "Total eclipse of the heart", relive the garage parties with "What a feeling" from Flashdance and bop my teased hair and be "Simply the best". "Girls just wanna have fun" had a meaning all of its own as our group of "girls" had heaps of shared fun.<br />
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This weekend has been an experience second to none. While this was not my first Capital singers (it was my fourth)- it was the first one I participated in that took place in the State theater. To look back and think that this mega professional production started 3 years ago , in a church as venue with just over a hundred voices is amazing. And while it was without a doubt great to watch for those that attended I am quite sure that it was even more fun for us who was part of the show. The feeling of 3 standing ovations and two totally sold out shows is hard to put into words. Take a listen below - the whole first act is on this you tube video.<br />
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To sing your heart out is a huge joy - the music of the 80's can not be beaten. But the experience is so much more. For a weekend (and two evenings) you almost forget about the day to day things that happen in your life. You forget about the bad work stuff, the stress and the anxiety and you sing - with 649 other like minded people. The back stage fun was even more that usual this time with such a fun theme. There were make up sessions, hair do' s to die for and lots of jokes. Yes its a very busy and tough program and my feet are still killing me - but it's all worth it. It's a weekend of laughter, song and friendship. Of getting to know some school moms a little bit better and of making new friends. Of being just a small part of something so huge and so incredible.<br />
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"Wind beneath my wings" was hard - for those of us who lost loved ones to cancer and for those who won the fight. But the beauty of Capital Singers is that hand that grabs yours and hold it while you try to wipe those tears so that no one in the audience notice. As we started out my favorite was the Johnny Clegg medley - which I sang with great joy but in the end, nothing beats Toto's "Africa" and as the songs are still turning in my head it is "Africa" that is my constant earworm. As we sang the encore of "That's what friends are for" we remembered the friends we made the weekend and as we ended with "In the living years" we all knew that not only was the 80's our living years but indeed, we are living them right here, right now. <br />
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So this is why I am also returning to this little blog - the joy it sparks. We need to spark our joy in our lives constantly to counter the curve balls life throws at us. So I intend to chat here more often, but to also spark my inner joy in other ways. We as parents ( and specifically not just moms - some dads give their family their all as well) need to find ourselves or at least not totally loose ourselves as we plunge into the last frontier of raising children. Without my hubby this weekend would simply not have been possible and I do hope that I can return the gift of joy to him.<br />
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Wishing you all much joy!<br />
<br />cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15788508986252339771noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8127613511850015325.post-23366118615317715452018-01-30T15:19:00.000+02:002018-01-30T15:19:39.027+02:00Rejoice!<br />
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You know that little meme thingy going around on Facebook where someone asks you to add a word of encouragement starting with the first letter of your name? My IRL name starts with an R and I always give them "Rejoice" as a word. Such a hugely positive word.<br />
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I have had a word of the year for the last few years. Some years have turned into quite the opposite and others have been very successful . My year of "Hope" turned out exactly that and in my year of "Brave" it was exactly what is needed. Somehow this year "Rejoice" came to me almost the moment I started thinking about a word. In fact, no other word came to me.<br />
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Most of you know that 2017 was my "Anus Horibilis" - it was hectic. This year has all the potential to be a difficult one too. But I choose to "Rejoice" and I will. As I was milling over this I found the confirmation that indeed it was the right word for the year. I saw <a href="https://blousoosdiehemel.wordpress.com/2018/01/25/al-sou-die-vyeboom-nie-bot-nie/comment-page-1/#comment-35">this </a>blog post (Written in Afrikaans) about the drought in Cape Town. Please read it if you are able to understand Afrikaans . It is all about trusting God and rejoicing at the same time.<br />
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So I will live this year and rejoice:<br />
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<span class="text Hab-3-17" id="en-NIV-22786"><sup class="versenum">17 </sup>Though the fig tree does not bud</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Hab-3-17">and there are no grapes on the vines,</span></span><br /><span class="text Hab-3-17">though the olive crop fails</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Hab-3-17">and the fields produce no food,</span></span><br /><span class="text Hab-3-17">though there are no sheep in the pen</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Hab-3-17">and no cattle in the stalls,</span></span><br /><span class="text Hab-3-18" id="en-NIV-22787"><sup class="versenum">18 </sup>yet I will rejoice in the <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span>,</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Hab-3-18">I will be joyful in God my Savior.</span></span></div>
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<span class="text Hab-3-19" id="en-NIV-22788"><sup class="versenum">19 </sup>The Sovereign <span class="small-caps" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Lord</span> is my strength;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Hab-3-19">he makes my feet like the feet of a deer,</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks"> </span><span class="text Hab-3-19">he enables me to tread on the heights</span></span><span class="indent-1"><span class="text Hab-3-18"></span></span>cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15788508986252339771noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8127613511850015325.post-41124360387377332492018-01-24T12:01:00.002+02:002018-01-24T12:01:31.535+02:00My year in books 2017Yes, I know I haven't blogged in forever and I will chat about that soon enough. But you all know that my enthusiasm for books and reading is endless and brings me much joy. I always do a review of the books I read every year and it's always a popular post. So herewith- my year in books 2017.<br />
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<b>1."The Satanic Mechanic- Tannie Maria Mystery #2" by Sally Andrew</b><br />
Absolutely delightful like the first tannie Maria book it is a mix of a murder mystery and pure South African Karoo magic with a great touch of humour and compassion. It is the most charming book! For my review<a href="https://juggelingactoflife.blogspot.co.za/2017/01/tuesday-books-day-satanic-mechanic-by.html"> read here.</a><br />
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<b>2. "My grandmother sends her regards and apologies" by Fredrik Backman</b><br />
Backman's magic continues with this book written with a bit of magic realism added to his usual odd and charming characters. I enjoyed it even more than "A man called Ove"<br />
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<b>3. "Big little lies" by Liane Moriarty. </b>A very clever and well written book that investigates so many of our daily issues. I enjoyed the play between moms and how we see this unfold every day in our own lives.<br />
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<b>1. "Mentje Kind van Pas-opkamp" by Irma Joubert</b><br />
Ek sukkel steeds om oor Mentje te praat - so diep het hierdie wonderlike historiese verhaal my geraak. Volg Mentje, alleen gelaat in die midde van die Tweede wêreld oorlog deur haar ontberinge. Wat veral opval is Mentje se besondere gees en wil vir oorlewing ten spyte van die hartseer omstandighede wat haar omring. Die geskiedenis het my so gefasineer dat ek gaan oplees het oor dele daarvan. Die tweede in 'n trilogie (na "Immer Wes") is dit 'n sensitiewe verhaal wat boei tot die einde.<br />
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<b>2. "Moordhuis" vanMadelein Rust</b><br />
Moordhuis is 'n uiters slim , uiters spannende boek wat my vasgenael gehou het elke oomblik van die eerste tot die laaste bladsy. Ek lees baie krimies 'n jaar en as een van hulle my beste boeke lys maak moet jy weet dit is die beste van die beste.<br />
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<b>3. "Ver in die wêreld Kittie" van Santie van der Merwe.</b><br />
Dit was die eerste van Santie se boeke wat ek gelees het en tot dusver die een wat my die diepste raak. Hoe meer ek dink oor die boek , hoe meer wil ek hom weer lees. Lees my oorspronklike <a href="https://juggelingactoflife.blogspot.co.za/2017/04/dinsdag-en-tyd-vir-boeke-ver-in-die.html">indrukke hier</a><b> </b><br />
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<b>"Vlerke vir almal" van Marion Erskine</b><br />
I am going to write this in English because although this is an Afrikaans book I truly believe this book will be translated. It is an important book for any young adult and their parents to read - to realize the world of bullying - the kind we are all unfortunately used to , but also the newer form cyber bullying our kids are living in. If you are at all able to read in Afrikaans please do so. It is a wonderful sympathetic read that brings so much insight into the world of teens.<br />
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<b>"Elders" van Ernst Grundling</b><br />
Ek het die reisverhaal en stap deur die Camino geweldig geniet miskien omdat dit vir my ook 'n bucket list item is. Dit was heerlik om saam met Ernst te reis nie net die fisiese nie maar ook geestelike moderne wêreld de -toks.<br />
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Book of the year translated from another language than English or Afrikaans:</h3>
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<b>"Fever at dawn" by Peter Gardos</b><br />
The beautiful story of rebuilding your life as told through the eyes of 25 year old holocaust survivor Miklos. A love story of hope and survival it is a beautiful read that I strongly recommend.<br />
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I am not lying when I say that this has been a year straight out of hell. It's been hard - very hard - and the end is not in sight.The much anticipated builders holiday will not happen for me and I will have to work through it - due to circumstances out of my control. At times I am angry, at times I am sad, but mostly I try very hard to be positive. I feel as if life has spun totally out of my control and none of it is my own doing. But there has been a lot of positives that carry me through. One thing I do know - I have missed blogging!<br />
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So today I want to focus on the positives for the last part this year. <br />
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It has been a fantastic academic year for all 3 kids and I am extremely proud of all 3. I really can not make an exception for one of them - they have all 3 been stars. My mommy heart is pouring with absolute joy and pride.<br />
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Our Princess was chosen for the Student council - or in the old terms - to be a prefect next year. I really did not expect this as she is in one of THOSE years with extremely strong girls in the academic, sport and cultural fields. But she made it and we are so very proud of her. Of course it means hard work next year which she will embrace and do her very best to prove that she was the right choice.<br />
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The boys had a very sucesfull Judo year and C has decided that it is his sport he wants to focus on. They also both had a very fun cricket tournament to end the year off and played in teams with wonderful team and sportsman spirit .<br />
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A really did so well with her dancing and even did her first lyrical solo with a high silver medal at the SA Dance schools championship. She has also progressed so far with her ballet that she will be on pointe shoes next year! A wonderful goal every little ballerina works for.<br />
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I have reached my reading goal of 36 books in October! It is the first time since we had kids that I have reached this goal so early in the year. In fact -most years I fall short with a book or 3. I have read so many wonderful books - expect book reviews to resume soon!<br />
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With that I hope you have a wonderful festive first weekend of December <br />
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<br />cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15788508986252339771noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8127613511850015325.post-90798502254042116242017-09-22T10:39:00.001+02:002017-09-22T10:39:35.191+02:00So how are you?Gosh I haven't been here in such a long time - neither have I read blogs. It's been hectic and busy and crazy in our lives. I have very seldom been so happy to see Friday - and it's a wonderful long weekend to boot.<br />
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We have just <strike>survived</strike> enjoyed 9 performances of our big 4yearly school concert. It was tiring but a huge amount of fun and the children really enjoyed it. It is such a spectacular show - we sat there in total amazement as every child in the school played their part and had a bit of stage light on them. C jived on "Hard knocked life" from the musical Annie , L sang and danced to "Hooray its a Holiday" and A and "Everybody was Kong Fu fighting". It was a great feast of music, lights, dancing, bright costumes and enthusiasm. But we are extremely relieved that it is all now done and dusted and that we can have a good rest over the weekend.<br />
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Work is still crazy - actually the crazy is increasing as year end approach. This too shall pass.<br />
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L played his last cricket game of the season and did so well. He is truly a cricketer by heart. C still has a game this afternoon. A's hockey season is done and dusted and she already had two galas. I was very proud of C who also participated in the school house sport gala. The first dance competition of the season rewarded A with a high silver and a good start.<br />
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I feel that I am at the moment just working and working and managing kids - and maybe reading a bit. After so many months of great reading I have slowed down a bit . I am simply so tired that I fall asleep before reading more that a few paragraphs.<br />
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My wonderful MIL has been visiting us for the concert period and I honestly am so grateful. It help so so much to have her with us. To help keep all on track while H and I fetch and deliver kids in the evenings and cooking a wonderful meal every evening. Our freezer is also already well stocked with frozen meals lovingly made by her.<br />
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I hope you have a wonderful heritage day weekend and rest up, like we fully intend on doing.cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15788508986252339771noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8127613511850015325.post-81511390668004493402017-08-15T16:12:00.004+02:002017-08-15T16:12:46.515+02:00Van boeke wat jou hart raakKyk ons het lanklaas boeke gesels! Dis hoog tyd. So die naweek sit ons met 'n toespraak wat die meisiekind moet lewer - oor 'n resensie. Sy moet een bespreek so ons kies toe 'n oulike een van Fanie Viljoen se Nova reeks se finale boek - netjies gedoen deur Mia Oosthuizen. Net daar val dit my op dat ek selde die "regte" paadjie met resensies loop - in plaas van deur al die mooi letterkundige middels gaan praat ek maar sommer hier uit die "gut" uit soos die Engelse sê. Of dalk uit die hart uit.<br />
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Daarom wil ek graag vandag gesels oor twee boeke wat my hart diep geraak het. Albei skrywers was nuut vir my en ek gaan baie beslis meer van hulle boeke lees<br />
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Ek het dadelik van Andrea gehou - n professionele vrou wat n skybaar ideale amper idilliese lewe lei op die platteland. Na 13 jaar ontdek sy dat haar man wat sy so gek oor is, Dewald, 'n rondloper is. Die slag is nog harder toe sy uitvind wie die verleidster is. Skielik moet Andrea nie net haar huwelik nie maar ook haarself en wat vir haar saak maak in die lewe heraanskou. Selfs haar rol as dokter is nie meer vir haar helder nie.<br />
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Vir my was Andrea se emosionele paadjie wat sy moes loop uiters aangrypend. Noem maar -ontkenning, woede, gedagtes van vergelding, bevraagtekening van haar eie waarde en soveel meer, wat sy deur moes werk. Bo alles natuurlik die uiterse hartseer van 'n verwerpte vrou. Die verwoesting wat egskeiding saai is groter as wat mens seker besef as jy of iemand naby aan jou nog nooit daardeur is nie.<br />
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Andrea se ontwikkeling as mens en haar aanpas by haar omstandighede is eintlik vir my waaroor die boek gaan. Die insig in haar innerlike en gevoelens is baie suksesvol en raak mens se hart. So beweeg sy ook aan deur uit te reik na ander wat minder het as sy en ontdek dat deur vir ander liefde te gee jy self kan heel word - vandaar die titel "Helende Liefde".<br />
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Ek sal die boek sterk aanbeveel - dit het my werklik meer insig gegee in wat die rondom ons soms deurgaan en hoe goed hulle daardie swaarkry wegsteek. 8/10 vir n baie goeie boek.<br />
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My tweede keuse mag dalk vreemd lyk- n krimi en ek gesels oor emosies? Later meer daaroor maar eers die res.<br />
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Heiliger is 'n warboel van gebeure - 48 uur van hel vir Hendrik en Amalia! Vroeg oggend moet hulle letterlik die dood van 'n goeie vriendin in die oë staar en daarna hou dit net nie op nie soos die lewe hulle twee bestook met dinge - als in een dag. Dis n warboel van gebeure, emosies en als in die klein plattelandse gemeenskap van Witteberg. Selfs die droogte in die omgewing is 'n karakter in sy eie reg.<br />
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Dit is baie duidelik dat die skrywer baie goed nagevors het oor regsprosedures maar ook hoe die proses in 'n tipiese plattelandse dorp sal verloop. Die details rondom selle, polisiestasies en polisiemanne. Wat my veral getref het is hoe die verhouding en spanning binne hierdie sisteem uitgebeeld word.<br />
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Die spanninglyn is amper van bladsy een daar en verslap nie 'n oomblik tot die einde nie. Soos 'n storm die uiteindelike verligting van die droogte gee ontknoop die verhaal op dieselfde manier en tyd. Dit is werklik meesterlik gedoen.<br />
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Heiliger is een van die beste krimis of spanningverhale wat ek in 'n lang tyd gelees het - en ek lees baie! Ek het nie een van die skrywer se vorig boeke gelees nie en alhoewel daar verwysings terug is kan mens die boek op sy eie lees.<br />
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<br />cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15788508986252339771noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8127613511850015325.post-91084021455963581602017-08-14T15:56:00.000+02:002017-08-14T15:56:47.296+02:00Boy those speeches!Guys it is a mad rush at the moment. It feels like survival mode all the time. Work is super hectic - I hardly have time to think. The stress is immense. Evenings are filled with school stuff, more work and at least I feel I want to read just a little bit. It's my poison of the moment - well, it's always been a saving grace but now even more. To settle my mind and relax a bit.<br />
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We are having a super hectic term - it is madness. Third term is always a busy one and this year it is even worse. It is revue year - which means each and every child is participating in a huge concert - that runs over weeks of repetitions and shows. The grade 6 kids also has the yearly adventure camp next week and as the kids are not suppose to write tests the day after a show things are condensed into weeks. This week C has so may things I can hardly keep track. A has a lot to handle too and L has a speech - which for him is possibly the most difficult of all things to handle. Thank goodness our au pair nightmare seems to be over and our new one handled most of the work for this week on Friday afternoon. But honestly I already feel I had enough. (I will tell you all about the au pair thing later)<br />
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There are test and projects oh and the very worst for me - the orals! I really do not enjoy writing them and none of my kids like doing them so it always feels like an uphill battle. I hate them! Honestly.<br />
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So now that I have that off my back, how are you all doing. And what do you hate about school work for the kids the most?cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15788508986252339771noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8127613511850015325.post-55109618293194236352017-08-04T12:30:00.001+02:002017-08-04T12:30:22.315+02:00Just to breathe<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We spent the last week of the school holiday in the beautiful Karoo. It was an amazing experience and I am still struggling to come to terms with the constant noise on the building site I am spending so much time on at the moment. It was quite possibly one of my favorite family holidays ever. I just loved the simple quietness, the icy cold mornings and the total change of pace.<br />
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We read, ate, played and just relaxed. It was a wonderful time in the company of great friends. Life is extremely tough at the moment and I am a bit of a mess in general. I think this time of repose may have saved my sanity. The kids just slipped into farm mode and had so much fun. The heart stone below was found by Mr L and I am keeping in on my bedside table in fond memory of a great time out for us.<br />
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<br />cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15788508986252339771noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8127613511850015325.post-12580431365340606502017-07-06T13:43:00.000+02:002017-07-06T13:43:07.950+02:00I don't quite know where to startI know it has been such a long time since my last post. The honest truth is that it is honestly one of the toughest times in my life and that I purely and simply have not found the time or energy to post. It was already tough going at work since my business partner passed away but I was left with two critical staff members with either family or health issues and days off - the one now close to two weeks (with one here in between). He honestly was sick and I feel so sorry for him but the load has been insane. I have au pair issues to add to all this - which was truly the straw to break the camel's back. I have cried and laughed and purely just disconnected in frustration. Also when I realized that my BIL and SIL will be visiting in a critical week - and was then left without the person that could help me in the office for the week.<br />
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They however has been the most amazing blessing to us this week. I now know that God has provided it this way as they have honestly been life savers to us. Making sure there are meals and entertaining our kids with theirs to the T. They have honestly played at being tourists in their own city. I am so hugely grateful for this. But I think it is the small things that the kids may remember most of all. Playing Lego for hours. Sharing a bed early mornings and the girls painting nails. <br />
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In other news the kids all brought home wonderful report cards - I could not be more proud of any of them.The boys spent 4 days playing cricket to start out their Winter holiday and both took more wickets than their mom could dream of. A had Lyrical dance practice and two swimming practices - so no rest for the weary. Although of course this is rest. Every single morning when I do not hear the alarm at 5:30 I crawl in deeper and close my eyes. Every evening when chores end with cleaning after dinner and not with packing school lunches is a joy. Yeah to school holidays although I am working!<br />
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So how are your school holidays going?cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15788508986252339771noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8127613511850015325.post-41942692552290993002017-06-09T13:35:00.000+02:002017-06-09T13:35:19.425+02:00Five for Friday edition 29It's been ages since I have done a five for Friday (March in fact - gosh time has flown). But let's have a quick catch up.<br />
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1. We had bookclub on Tuesday night and heavens, did Heidi that
hosted go out to the full to impress! She did a variation on a
Masterchef recipe - just look at the photo! The toadstool stem is a
caramle siss roll, the dom is coloured white chocolate filled with
chocolate mousse and with a port jelly centre and capped with a biscuit
and chocolate - all on a pistachio bed for "grass". We were all
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2. The boys' rugby team won their league and there is huge excitement about that. Mr L played the game of his life on Tuesday while C had to sit out for the last game due to a course of very necessary anti biotics. They really practiced hard and a lot. Tuesdays' game was nerve wrecking - I swear worse than Springbok rugby and they only won with 14/12.<br />
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3. We are also very proud of our A - she was selected to present the school in the Top 6 academic challenge. It is a huge confidence boost for her is a year that has been rather tough for her. Growing up and dealing with bullies and friendship is hard.<br />
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4. I have a cold - and A is also struggling. I guess it is the normal Winter bugs that are hitting us in full force. This weekend apart form learning will also have some resting.<br />
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5. Pre cooked meals (mainly done by my wonderful hubby - but some by me) is saving my sanity at the moment. It is wonderful to take out a frozen meal in the morning and know you only need to make the starch and a salad or quick veggies and have a great home cooked meal.<br />
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So, what's happening in your life? Any five for Fridays out there?<br />
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<br />cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15788508986252339771noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8127613511850015325.post-34678802011765669772017-06-06T08:00:00.000+02:002017-06-09T11:52:57.306+02:00Van genres en ander lekkertes'n Lekker ligpunt in my lewe tans is die heerlikheid van nuwe skrywers ontdek in Afrikaans. Ek het my Afrikaanse lees baie afgeskeep deur die jare maar kyk, ek is nou besig om werk daarvan te maak. Hierdie jaar het ek meer Afrikaans as Engels gelees - seker die eerste keer in my grootmens lewe. Saam met nuwe skrywers kom ook nuwe genres en style. Vars nuwe stemme. Dit maak my altyd baie opgewonde as ek iets in Afrikaans ontdek wat 'n wêreld tendens is. Dit is nou nie dat Afrikaans nog ooit moes terugstaan nie as ons dink aan die Sestigers nie. <br />
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Ek het my grootmens lees jare begin met 'n Universiteits lys van "aanbevole boeke vir Argitektuur studente". Anders as wat jy mag dink het hierdie lys nie 'n enkele boeke wat direk slegs oor Argitektuur gegaan het bevat nie maar het meer gegaan oor die skep van 'n goeie lees agtergrond en goeie algemene lees kennis. Op die lys was boeke soos "Animal Farm" ," Mein Kampf", "The Fountainhead", "The Unbearable lightness of being", "The Name of the Rose" en "Catch 22". Ook die klassieke werke soos "Lolita", "Where Angels fear to tread" en "Passage to India".<br />
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My grootste ontdekking was egter die werke van die Suid Amerikaanse magiese realisme skrywers soos Marquez en Allende ("One hundred years of solitude" en "The House of the Spirits") was op daardie lees lys - ai die lekkerte. 'n Hele ander wêreld het vir my oopgegaan. Daarom ook was my ontdekking van magiese realisme in Afrikaans vir my 'n hoogtepunt - "Die swye van Mario Salviatti" van Etienne van Heerden en Andre P Brink se "Sandkastele" is daarom twee van my gunsteling Afrikaanse boeke wat ek al oor en oor gelees het. Maar ek wil nie eintlik magiese realisme gesels nie - eerder boeke met 'n geskiedkundige agtergrond - soos hierdie twee ook het. Boeke met 'n geskiedkundige agtergrond is nie regtig my gewone leesstof nie maar gooi iets anders by of vertel die storie vars en nuut en ek mag dalk dit baie geniet. Ja, daar is uitsonderinge soos die poetiese skoonheid van PG du Plessies se "Fees van die ongenooides" maar ek hou van beweeg in die hede of onlangse verlede. Die toekoms is oop vir debat - ek het byvoorbeeld "Koors" baie geniet (dit was my 2016 boek van die jaar) en selfs "The Hunger Games" maar dit is nie my eerste keuse oor die algemeen nie.<br />
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In dieselfde asem hou ek van boeke wat mens uitdaag om effe anders na die wêreld te kyk - veral die mense naby jou. 'n Boek soos "Gone Girl " van Gillian Flynn en "Broken Monsters" van Lauren Beukes is miskien nie die "mooiste" boeke wat jy ooit gelees het nie" en jy mag dalk nie van 'n enkele karakter hou of aanklank by vind nie, maar jou denke word gedraai en uitgedaag. <br />
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Daarom is ek vandag baie opgewonde om oor twee nuwe Afrikaanse boeke te gesels - een in 'n relatiewe nuwe genre - Domestic Noir (dink "Gone girl" en "Girl on a train") en een waar die geskiedenis bewonderingswaardig teer hanteer word en so een van daai groot uitsonderings word in my lewe.<br />
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<b>"Pelgrimshoop" van Ronel Nel</b><br />
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Dit is 1956 en Hanna haar broer Abram kom per trein aan in die denkbeeldige dorpie Pelgrimshoop. Dadelik is die leser uiters bewus van hul andersheid in die gemeenskap - hul stads maniere en klere spel dit uit. Boonop is Hanna daar om Elias Bart te onderrig en gou blyk dit dat hy ook 'n uitgewekene of eenkant persoon in die dorp is. Buiten dit is Hanna en Abram half Joods - iets wat in daardie tyd duidelik hul een kant en anders gestel het.<br />
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Alhoewel die verhaal in esensie 'n liefdesverhaal is gaan dit oor soveel meer. Die tydperk word in die mooiste details uitgelig met hoe die modes en motors gelyk het. Onder andere die verskying van Tupperware gee wonderlike kleur en detail sonder om die verhaal oor te neem. Die navorsing is duidelik deeglik gedoen en ek het selfs van die klere gaan Google en my verstom aan die kontras tussen wat Hanna en Abram sou dra en wat toe die norm op 'n klein dorp sou wees. Dit gee selfs meer insig in die andersheid wat hulle sou beleef en ervaar het.<br />
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Behalwe vir die hoof karakters is die boek gevul met pragtige vol ingekleurde karakters wat bydra tot die storie. Ek wil nie eers uitsonder nie maar die Dokter in sy wysheid en die Dominee in sy aanvanklike kortsigtigheid weerspieel elk die tipes mense wat 'n klein dorpie vandag seker steeds populeer.<br />
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In besonder het die gedeelte met die Vrouemars op 9 Augustus my geraak. Toe ek kort na die lees van die boek toevallig fotos van die geskeidkundige dag raakloop het ek myself uitgevang hoe ek na ons vier heldinne op die fotos soek. Vir my het geskiedenis tasbaar geword in 'n fiksie<br />
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Maar bo alles gaan Pelgrimshoop oor vooroordeel en aanvaarding, oor rassisme en ongeletterdheid en seksisme. Temas wat vandag steeds daar is. Die geskiedenis van die tyd word teer getoon - en daarmee bedoel ek nie goed word verskuil en weggesteek nie want die hantering van die temas is reguit maar met die nodige ontlonting wat 'n terugkyk in die geskiedenis behoort te hê.<br />
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Pelgrimshoop is nie jou tradisionele liefdesverhaal nie maar sal liefdesverhaal lesers wel tevrede stel. Alles rondom die boek is mooi en sag - en ek wil hom graag weer herlees. Dit is 'n unieke boek wat die geskiedenis laat leef en wat tot 'n baie wye leespubliek sal spreek. Ek gee die boek 'n 9/10 en beveel hom aan vir een en almal.<br />
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<b>"Die Mense Langsaan" van Elsa Hamersma</b><br />
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Christine en Zebith hou saam skool met die aanvang van die boek. Albei is vasgevang in hulle eie unieke huislike situasie en steek doelbewus wat in hul lewens gebeur veilig weg van die skool en omgewing waarin hulle saam leef. Veral Christine se giftige huwelik met Frikkie het my diep geraak en verskriklik kwaad gemaak.<br />
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Hulle paaie skei as Zebith van skool verander en trek na 'n nuwe omgewing - 'n sekuristeits area waar sy gou besef dat haar bure vele geheime hou en dat die gevoel van sekuriteit bloot 'n illusie is. As dit nie was vir haar natuurlike beskerningsin as onderwyseres nie sou sy seker nooit eers betrokke wou wees nie.<br />
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Christine se lewe neem 'n groot draai na die mag in haar huweik selfs meer na Frikkie se kant toe skuif en na die nuwe bure betrokke raak in haar lewe - ten goede of ten slegte is die vraag. Die twee se lewens ontmoet weer na hulle mekaar se bure word en die aanvanklike ongemak met mekaar en die situasie is opmerklik en skep sy eie spanning in die storie.<br />
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Deur die boek is daar 'n aanvanklike amper onvoelbare spanningslyn wat opbou en opbou tot die oorkook punt. Dit word subtiel en meesterlik gedoen en ek was van die eerste sin vasgevang in die verhaal. Om die waarheid te sê ek het 'n etenstyd ontsnap by die werk om die boek klaar te lees omdat dood eenvoudig nie tot die aand kon wag om die laaste 3 hoofstukke te lees nie.<br />
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Soos met ander boeke in die genre wonder mens onbewustelik wat jou eie bure se geheime is. Wat daar agter die skanse van die tuinmuur aangaan. Ek moes diep asem haal en net eers so bietjie dink en tot verhaal kom na ek klaar was met die boek. <br />
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Die boek is in n nuwe genre en is 'n vars stem in Afrikaans. Ek het dit werklik baie geniet en meen elkeen wat van iets anders en effe uitdagends hou behoort die boek te lees. 'n 9/10 vir 'n baie genotvolle spannende lees.<br />
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Most of you know that it has been a tough year for me. In fact I feel as if we have had a few tough years. But this one has been horrid. My leg and now having to take over a business and run it (and a super tough project that I had NO knowledge about) has been harrowing to say the least. I am exhausted and tired BUT feel that I am slowly coming into my own. Slowly starting to make sense of things. There are lots still to be done and my workload is very heavy at the moment. But I am feeling more positive and striving to make it work.<br />
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I have even been reading less but it is mostly related to being totally exhausted at the end of the day and not even reading a paragraph before sleep just overwhelms me.<br />
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All 3 the kids are writing exams as from today and the weekend has been filled with studies and cooking. My amazing husband always helps so much and we managed to fill the freezer with meals for the next 3 weeks. I also made 86 pieces of my <a href="http://juggelingactoflife.blogspot.co.za/2016/04/mouthwatering-mondays.html">Marie biscuit chocolate squares</a> - 24 pieces for each of C and A classes (the moms take turns to make treats in the exam weeks) and 24 for the church bake sale - and a few for home.<br />
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The boys have one rugby match left ( their team is top of the league but they are playing the no 2 team tomorrow). C will not be playing - he is on anti biotics but L is hugely excited. The hockey season has just started and A and some of her friends have been placed in the second team because we do not have enough under 13 girls to make a team. They are struggling a bit - and it's tough to adapt from a league winning (without conceding a goal) under 11 B team to a tean that is mostly under 12's playing teams that are under 13 - but it will make them stronger. So far they had one win, one goalless draw and one 4-1 loss. She has also danced her Lyrical grade 5 exam and did well. We are all very ready for a holiday - I think maybe me more than anyone else.<br />
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So that is my world in a few sentences - so what is happening in yours? I definitely need to get back to regular blogging because I really do need the outlet.cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15788508986252339771noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8127613511850015325.post-26791736702468629222017-05-24T14:24:00.002+02:002017-05-24T15:46:08.349+02:00Poison of choiceDie Engelse het so lekker uitdrukking " your poison of choice". Om een of ander rede bring almal dit terug na drank toe - miskien is dit die oorsprong van die frase. Vir my gaan dit oor meer as jou Merlot. Ek is mal oor 'n goeie Merlot maar sal enige dag heerlik teug aan 'n lekker Pinotage, Cabernet of Shiraz. Merlot is "my poison of choice" - maar die ander is net so heerlik. Dit is nou in kontras met my liefde vir 'n lekker droee MCC soos Krone Borealis Brut Rose maar ek sal maak of ek 'n teug aan Cold Duck neem en die res verduister. Dit is nie "poison of choice" nie . Net so is Sally Williams se amandel nougat my "poison of choice" maar enige nougat is 'n heerlike bederf.<br />
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So is boeke vir my altyd 'n lekkerte - soos rooiwyn en nougat. Maar my "poison of choice" is duidelik 'n goeie krimi. Dit neem egter nie weg dat ek meeste boeke sal lees en waarskynlik geniet nie. Daarom gesels ek vandag graag oor 'n boek wat duidelik nie in die gif katergorie val nie, en een wat wel.<br />
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<span class="readable" id="reviewTextContainer1893729095"><span id="freeTextContainer15276822930786538379">So reg in my kraal is hierdie lekkerlees krimi! Die Londonse ouers van die talentvolle Elodie word een oggend wakker in die gastehuis in Stellenbosch net om agter te kom dat sy weg is. Alhoewel haar ma beweer sy is nie 'n tipiese tiener nie is dit tog wat jong mense doen - tree effe onvoorspelbaar op. </span></span><br />
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<span class="readable" id="reviewTextContainer1893729095"><span id="freeTextContainer15276822930786538379">Speurder Luna Joubert vermoed egter gou dat hierdie nie 'n tipiese rebelse- tiener -wat -wegraak saak is nie. Sy bekyk die mense in Elodie se lewe en die omstandighede rondom hulle kuier in Suid Afrika. Moetiemoorde en menslike handel word genoem en gou word dit duidelik dat dit krities is om haar so gou as moontlik te vind.</span></span><br />
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<span class="readable" id="reviewTextContainer1893729095"><span id="freeTextContainer15276822930786538379">Die storie verloop op n lekker vinnige pas en Luna se karakter sleep jou saam met haar ondersoek. Die spanningslyn word intens na die middel van die boek en breek nooit regtig voor die verassende ontknoping nie (alhoewel daar wel leidrade vroeer is wat wys hierna).</span></span><br />
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<span class="readable" id="reviewTextContainer1893729095"><span id="freeTextContainer15276822930786538379">Dieper as die oenskynlike lekker krimi is die kyk na 'n huwelik wat vergiftig is deur leuens en hartseer, goed versteek onder die oppervlakkige gewone familie beeld. Die koue en selfs so ver as haat kan sterk aangevoel word. </span></span><br />
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<span class="readable" id="reviewTextContainer1893729095"><span id="freeTextContainer15276822930786538379">Vermis is 'n heerlike lees, veral vir krimi verslaafdes soos ek. Ek sou net bitter graag die eerste Luna Joubert boek "Katoog" eerste wou gelees het omdat daar wel verwysings is.Soos Deon Meyer se boeke is kan hul elkeen selfstandig gelees word en meng die storielyne nie. Vir karkter ontwikkeling en verwysing sal dit wel sin maak.</span></span><br />
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<b>Lemoenseison van Kristel Loots.</b><br />
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Ek is beslis nie 'n
gereelde leser van tipiese liefdesverhale nie maar Kristel se boeke het
daardie ietsie anders en dieper en is boonop stampvol heerlike humor. Ek
het die boek in'n dag deurgelees oor 'n langnaweek - een waarin ontsnap
in'n boek baie nodig was en waar my familie my die kans gegee het om
dit wel te kan doen.<br />
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Suzy is Mevrou Dominee en 'n effe
onwillige een. Sy is 'n gewone warm vrou wat mooi rokke en veral mooi
skoene wil dra. Sy probeer hard maar vergeefs om haar man se aandag te
kry. Ter selfde tyd is daar dinge in haar verlede wat sy net so hard en
vergeefs probeer vergeet. Sy ontmoet die dodelik aantreklike <span class="readable" id="reviewTextContainer1893729095"><span id="freeTextContainer15276822930786538379">Dante
del Marco deur haar friend Jay Jay - so heerlike karakter wat ek kan sien en hoor in my geestesoog - en wil
dadelik vir hom werk. Nie noodwendig is romanse op haar teiken nie maar
wel onafhanklikheid en haar eie lewe wat nie as Mervou Dominee gaan
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<span class="readable" id="reviewTextContainer1893729095"><span id="freeTextContainer15276822930786538379">Lemoenseisoen
is 'n heerlike ligte lees en totale ontsnapping wanneer mens dit die
nodigste het. Kristel Loots gebruik in die boek die lemoen as tema of
simbool vir die lewe. Net so is die boek vir my -soos 'n geurige lemoen -
stroopsoet met 'n hemelse geur - maar die pitjies binne kan maar bitter
wees as jy hulle raakbyt. 'n Lekker 7/10 - en ek vermoed vir die van
julle wie se "poison of choice" liefdesverhale is sal dit selfs meer gee</span></span><br />
<br />cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15788508986252339771noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8127613511850015325.post-21619537154853228932017-05-03T13:57:00.002+02:002017-05-03T13:57:45.097+02:00Let's be honestThe last few weeks have been some of the most difficult in my life. It's been hard and stressful and tough to make so many business decision on my own. To try and take over from someone that had so much more experience in life than me. To believe that I can do this. But things seem to be slowly falling into place and there is hope on the horizon.<br />
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We have not bee away the holidays or any of the long weekends - honestly with all that was going on there simply was no scope to do that. But we had fun and some wonderful days in the mix.<br />
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Easter weekend was filled with great food , good company and lots of fun.<br />
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We made candles and used up some of our old ordinary white candles and some of those millions of crayons every household has hanging around. It was great fun and came our really pretty<br />
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We went to a very special little girls' 5th birthday celebration and had wonderful My little Pony cake to fill the rest of the weekend.<br />
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I read two great Afrikaans whodunnits (with my birthday cake) - watch out for some book chat next week.<br />
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My mom cooked us oxtail with samp and beans and peaches. She has not been able to cook us a meal in over 3 years with all the operations she had. It was a huge celebration that she was able to do this. She finished the meal off with her fantastic malva poeding.<br />
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As per tradition in our church we took flowers to decorate the empty cross on Easter Sunday. It was a colourful celebration of our risen Saviour.<br />
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Easter Sunday also saw the traditional Easter egg hunt - with oir great family friends. It was a day of fun, swimming and relaxation.<br />
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While the kids devoured chocolate and spaghetti blognaise the adults ate:<br />
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Chocolate too of course! (those ladybirds are the best)<br />
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Lovely Dahl<br />
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Beef curry<br />
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Great Cape Classique<br />
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And desert too (well we all had)<br />
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And we had another little celebration with the 5 year old.<br />
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It was such a great weekend!cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15788508986252339771noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8127613511850015325.post-66429823549373359082017-04-11T14:47:00.000+02:002017-04-11T15:08:47.270+02:00Dinsdag en tyd vir boeke - Ver in die Wêreld Kittie en Foxtrot van die liefdeEk is deel van die toebroodjie generasie - die generasie wat ouer was toe hulle kinders gekry het en nou tussen ouerwordende ouers en klein kinders gedruk word. Almal vereis sorg en jy kan nie regtig op ouers steun om te help met kinders versorg nie en ook nie anders om nie. Hierdie is nie 100% die geval met beide Kittie en Katalaya, die heldinne van die twee boeke waaroor ek vandag gesels nie. Wel dalk vir Kittie se broer en suster want Kittie het nie kinders nie. Dit maak egter nie saak of jy ouers het wat verswak nie of klein kindertjies het nie - Kittie en Katalaya se verhoudings met hulle ouers en die res van hulle familie sal heel moontlik vir jou bekend voel.<br />
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Dit is hoe verhoudings uitgebeeld word wat my aantrek na beidie van die boeke. In albei word verhoudings uit alle kante bekyk maar veral ook die een wat elke vrou van geboorte het - die een met haar ma. Vir my is dit heel relevant - my ma is ook besig om te verswak - nou wel nie verstandelik nie maar liggaamlik. In Foxtrot van die liefde word Katalaya se ma se verstand al swakker maar haar liggaam hang hardnekkig aan - in Ver in die wereld Kittie is die teenoorgestelde die probleem. Die feit bly dit is nie maklik om oud te word nie en allermins maklik om dit te aanskou met jou eie ma.<br />
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<b>Foxtrot van die liefde - Kristel Loots</b><br />
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Katalaya is funky en sestig (en mag ek tog op sestig so funky wees) en laat haar nie sommer onder kry nie. Maar nou gaan staan en los Franco haar en haar volwasse kinders dra by om haar silwerwit hare nog witter te maak. Katalaya se lewe is losweg net omver gegooi deur alles wat sy voel op haar afstorm.<br />
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In wat vir my haar grootste worsteling is moet Katalaya haar seniele bejaarde ma nog besoek en die verflenterende bande optel en styf hou. Tipies van haar ouderdom probeer sy uit die siekeboeg en haar senieliteit steeds beheer te kry oor Katalaya se lewe. Toe haar ma nog beweer dat 'n man met n Elvis kuif haar besoek in Huis Herfsblaar bars die sweer van die verlede oop en word sy bloot gestel aan die dinge watarvan niemand ooit gepraat het nie. In 'n pelgrimstog na haar verlede val soveel stukke in plek.<br />
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Bo alles gaan die boek oor verhoudings en familie dinamika. Katalaya worstel nie net met die verhouding met 'n ma wat verder van haar dryf omdat sy haar verstand verloor nie maar ook met haar verhouding met haar kinders wat besig is om in flarde te val. Natuurlik ook haar flenters huwelik.<br />
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Foxtrot van die liefde is alles behalwe jou tipiese liefdeseverhaal. Dit is soveel meer (met net genoeg romanse) en regtig 'n heerlike lees. Ek het soveel deernis gekry vir Katalaya. Ek wens sy was my vriendin. 'n Baie besliste 8/10 vir 'n heerlike lees met meer diepte as wat mens verwag van die voorblad greep.<br />
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<b>Ver in die wêreld Kittie van Santie van der Merwe</b><br />
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<b> </b>Kittie word teruggeroep uit Engeland om haar ma wat pas 'n beroerte gehad het te versorg. Kittie het nie veel van 'n keuse nie - dit is haar beurt soos haar suster uitwys en bowendien het sy nêrens anders om heen te gaan nie as om terug te keer na die stowwerige dorpie van haar grootword jare.<br />
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Kittie moet die verlede wat sy so suksesvol verby presteer het vierkantig in die oe kyk. Sy wat altyd gevoel het asof sy die stiefkind, die ongeliefde een was moet die een wat haar die meeste te na gekom het, versorg. In die proses word soveel meer van haar verlede aan haar bekend - ook haar ma se geskiedenis. Soos wat Kittie se ma meer beheer oor haar liggaam wen werk Kittie deur soveel in haar verlede en albei word heel in die proses.<br />
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Hierdie boek het my baie diep geraak - nie net Kittie se agtergrond, verlies en hartseer nie maar ook haar ma s'n - en die res van die familie. Die verskillende maniere waarop die kinders met die swaarkry en verlies om gaan is word baie raak uitgebeeld. Wat my ook diep geraak het is die dele wat uit haar ma se stem geskryf is en hoe swaar dit moet wees om beheer oor jou eie liggaam te verloor terwyl jou verstand steeds skerp is.<br />
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Onthou daai rooi jassie in Schindler's list? In hierdie boek is daar ook 'n rooi jassie en hy het my net so diep geraak. Die hartseer en swaarkry in 'n enkele simbool vervat.<br />
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Hierdie boek is oor verhoudings en ja, daar is seker so klein liefdesverhaal versteek, maar bowenal is dit oor hoe een vrou haar verlede oorwin. Die boek is pragtig geskryf , vol sensitiwiteit en die besondere mooi omslag verdien ook om genoem te word.Lees geru - 9/10 vir 'n pragtige verhaal.cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15788508986252339771noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8127613511850015325.post-76960048632166260142017-04-07T14:39:00.001+02:002017-04-07T14:40:51.643+02:00No five for Firday<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Because today South Africa is protesting our president and what he has done. It seems that the protests are peaceful and structured and we all hope, maybe in vain , that something will come from this.<br />
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In my personal life I am moving through a storm of my own - my business partner passed away on Saturday. He taught me almost everything I know about the it. It is a huge loss and it is hard to deal with the sadness of a whole office and the insecurities and uncertainties we are facing. We are also trying to fill a gap in terms of work and the load of what needs to be done is huge.<br />
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The combined anxiety is driving me nuts and making me so very tired - of course struggling to sleep does not help one bit. Your thoughts and prayers will be appreciated. cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15788508986252339771noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8127613511850015325.post-13117166220337291252017-04-04T14:24:00.000+02:002017-04-04T14:24:21.194+02:00Tuesday bookday - Until Thy Wrath be PastI have written before about my love for Scandinavian writing and authors. There is a special breed of them up north in the white cold winters that form the backdrop for so many of their books. As a lot of you know my favorite genre to read is crime and mysteries. In particular I enjoy Nordic Noir - that particular brand of murder mystery that the Scandinavians do so well. A bit edgy, sometimes gory but always tension filled right to the end. I was really happy to discover a new (for me) Nordic Noir writer recently.<br />
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<b>Until Thy Wrath be Past by Asa Larsson </b><br />
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<span id="freeTextContainer1892814964209271160">Wilma Persson and Simon Kyrö disappears on a Winters day while diving in a lake in the icy weather. When the first sign of Spring comes Wilma's body is found - and Wilma makes her first visit to P</span><span id="freeText1892814964209271160">rosecutor Rebecka Martinsson who starts to investigate the case with Inspector </span><span id="freeText1892814964209271160">Anna-Maria Mella. </span><br />
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<span id="freeText1892814964209271160">The setting is small town northern Sweden with all the usual trappings of a rural community - be it in Sweden or South Africa. The community and how it functions form the background to the story. The story is partially told by Wilma herself and constantly switched between today and the past as the intrigue around it unfolds. Larsson uses this very effectively and gives very interesting background to the Swedish, Norwegian and German Nazi occupation during World War 2. </span><br />
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<span id="freeText1892814964209271160">As with a lot of the Nordic Noir books the area forms a big part of the story as does the climate and the cold and snow. What did stand out for me about Larsson's writing is that it holds a lot more emotion than any of the other Nordic Noir books I have read up to date. She taps into and expresses the emotions of her characters and have the reader involved in the emotions leading up to and following most events in the book.</span><br />
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<br />The last few mornings has been a bit, well, how will I put it? Trying? Difficult? Maybe not more than the usual, it's just that the tone has gone up that one, two notches. The same girl that now prepares their lunchboxes every evening, helps out so much and in general is the sweetest child will explode into a raging animal for a few minutes, to switch back to the sweet cuddly girl we know within another 5 minutes.<br />
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It has only been a few times now - I can count them on my one hand - but the frequency is picking up. I know it's probably hormones that are at work in full force. It is also the end of a very long first term with some late nights for the ballet concert. She has been busy. But dressing takes soooo much longer these days - even for school.<br />
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I would love to have a great loving open relationship with her but I struggle with the animal that takes over once in a while. I want to shout and scream at that animal - the only problem being that while the animal is in place she hears nothing. And then the sweet girl returns and who wants to shout at her? But geez guys - I need some advice here from those who have the been there done that teen T shirt. Help!!!!cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15788508986252339771noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8127613511850015325.post-90890704882791077132017-03-28T11:57:00.001+02:002017-03-28T14:37:26.217+02:00Dinsdag en tyd vir boeke - n lekker jeugboek vandagIf one good thing came out of my inactivity after my little accident, it is the reading. I have read more books in the last 3 weeks than what I usually read in about 2 months. So I have lots to talk about on Tuesdays, but today I start with a wonderful Afrikaans youth book - so if you are looking for a great series of books to improve your daughters' Afrikaans from about 12 (even for second langauge ) - read on.<br />
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Meeste van ons boekwurms se kinder herinneringe sluit boeke in. Ai die lekkerte van Saartjie! Saartjie en Trompie was vroeë leesgenot - kortop gevolg deur die Uile en die Lennet reeks. Maasdorp was nooit my gunsteling reeks nie - seker omdat Kobie net eenvoudig nie my tipe meisie was nie - maar was Saartjie dan? Ek weet nie regtig nie - my gunstelinge was steeds die onnutsige maar goedhartige Uile van Kranskop - al was ek 'n meisie. Wat ek wel weet is dat ek elke liewe Maasdorp boek gelees het ten spyte daarvan dat ek nie regtig van Kobie gehou het nie Die aantrekkingskrag was natuurlik die koshuislewe so lekker uitgebeeld daarin. Almal wou koshuis toe - hoekom dan nie? Dit klink asof alles lekkerder en meer avontuurlik is in Maasdorp koshuis as by ons eie huise in voorstedelike Pretoria/Kaapstad of Johannesburg.<br />
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Ons wil almal ons lees passie en lekkerte met ons kinders deel en daarom het ek gretig vir A die eerste Saartjie omnibus gekoop - net om deur my boekwurm ingelig te word dat dit regtig nie lekker lees nie. So ook Trompie vir die seuns - dit lyk asof alhoewel vermoderniseer, die stories nie ons kinders aanstaan nie. Toe ek dus later hoor dat die Maasdorp boeke, hoewel nuut uitgegee, nie regtig geniet word nie (ons het een by die bib uitgeneem en ja, is nie eers halfpad gelees nie) het ek so half in my mou gehuil oor die lekkerte van koshuisboeke wat my kinders nou gaan mis. Tot my groot plesier ontdek ek toe die Gravitas reeks van Christien Neser. Ek het voorheen oor haar briljante <a href="http://juggelingactoflife.blogspot.co.za/2016/01/tuesday-books-day.html">"Amper Einstein</a>" geskryf en Christien is beslis iemand wat 'n jeugverhaal kan skryf wat volwassenes net so geniet.<br />
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Die opgewondenheid van my 12 jarige meisiekind by die sien van "Pienk Bikini" moes voorspel het dat sy en ek die boek gaan geniet. Ons het amper loodjies getrek so groot was die afwagting maar ek het ingegee dat sy eers lees aangesien ek 'n stapeltjie het wat wag op my bedkassie.<br />
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<b>Prinses A skryf oor die boek</b>: Pienk Bikini is die storie van Elle na sy verkies word as die hoofmeisie van Gravitas skool. Elle is baie opgewonde maar ter selfde tyd baie onseker oor haar nuwe rol. Sy betwyfel heel tyd of sy dit verdien en goed genoeg kan doen. Dan is daar nog Shia en haar inmengerige ouers wat net wag dat Elle 'n fout maak sodat Shia kan oorneem as hoofmeisie. Elle se werk met die kinderhuis se kleuters sorg vir 'n baie prettige maar op die ou end problematiese modderstoeigeveg. Ek het regtig lekker aan die boek gelees en was bly om al my gunsteling Gravitas karakters weer raak te loop in die boek - ek het reeds Koshuiskofiie en Blou Sjokolade gelees. Ek hou veral baie van Refilwe wat so 'n prettige vriendin is. Sy is altyd vrolik en sal jou nooit in die rug steek nie. Sy het ook vir my my nuwe gunsteling woord gegee - "gomverdorie" Hierdie was 'n heerlike boek!<br />
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<b>My opinie: </b>As volwasse leser het ek heerlik aan Pienk bikini gelees - dit is werklik een van daardie jeug boeke waarin die taal, storie en skryfstyl nie vir een oomblik sy jeugdige lesers en hulle ouers onderskat nie. Vir my was elke karakter en die hele Gravitas omgewing nuut en vars en n absolute lekkerte. Ek hou daarvan dat Elle effe onseker voorkom - dit is iets wat ek dink meeste meisies van die ouderdom mee sukkel - al mag hulle dit dalk self nie noem nie. Ek weet my dogter is soms onseker en ek dink dat Elle so suksesvol is ten spyte van dit is 'n heerlike aansporing vir die meisies. Dit is nie maklik om 'n tiener te wees nie en Elle en haar maats spreek daardie onsekerhede en angstigheid goed aan met 'n prettige ondertoon. Elle is beslis my tipe meisie en ek hou sommer baie van haar en haar vriende. Ek gaan beslis die ander Gravitas boeke in ons huis lees - en seker maak my Prinses A kry die res ook onder oë. Ek moet natuurlik ook soos sy Refilwe uitsonder as die aller lekkerste karakter. Sy is daardie een vriendin wat elke meisie of vrou nodig het - lojaal, prettig, positief en so effe astrant.<br />
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Die Gravitas of dan Elle reeks is ons keuse van geskenke vir die graad 6 meisies in ons <a href="http://juggelingactoflife.blogspot.co.za/2017/02/the-thing-with-gifts.html">"jaar van boeke as geskenke</a>" Die boeke het als wat mens kan verwag van 'n goed gebalanseerde jeugreeks en elke meisie was tot dusver erg in haar noppies met haar geskenk.<br />
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Pienk Bikini kry van albei van ons af 'n vrolike pienk 9/10! Gomverdorie maar dit is 'n heerlike boek!cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15788508986252339771noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8127613511850015325.post-70371129803895394252017-03-24T13:53:00.000+02:002017-03-24T13:54:58.364+02:00Five for Friday edition 28So yes! It's Friday and the first one in a while that has a small semblance to the usual.<br />
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1. The Friday morning coffee club met for the first time in 2017 in full
numbers (we are only 3). Gosh the first term has flown past. We
generally only have coffee but this morning turned into delicious
breakfasts. It was such a great hour spent chatting and listening and
eating at our little local coffee shop. There is something to say for
one that opens before 7 am every day.<br />
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2. I got my stitches out yesterday and was promoted to one crutch and being able to drive a bit. I am so very very happy - am starting to feel relatively like myself again.<br />
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3. The rugby season started yesterday and the boys' team won their first match in a very convincing way. L made a huge tackle on a much bigger boy to his own great delight.<br />
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4. It was A's yearly ballet concert last night and the night before. It was once again spectacular and featured the most beautiful costumes. She also danced in a Spanish number for the first time. It was a lot of Saturdays and nights and extra hard work but so worth it.<br />
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5. It was world Monopoly day on Sunday and to celebrate Monopoly released the results of their Token Madness vote. I am glad to say that Scottie the dog lived to survive another round There is even a T Rex now! Tonight is Monopoly night in our home as we upgrade from the Junior version to the special edition token madness one.<br />
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