It is the last marble that fills the jar. Without all the other marbles you can never fill the jar up to top, screw the lid on and declare it ‘filled’. What if failing is part of the process?I recently gave it much thought: what is the purpose if trying one million things and not ‘achieving’ […]

Welcome to all the new subscribers! It is a privilege to learn from you. I am putting the final touches on my textbook Speak Afrikaans Easily- RayDawn is helping me put it all together. He is a talented graphic designer I discovered amongst all the Speak Afrikaans Easily students on my Whatsapp group. I am […]

It has always been my dream to inspire people to find their purpose and run with it. My way of doing it is through writing songs. Recently I was (*1)made aware of a boy who needed help. Quickly a song was born, released with a lot of love from David Zipse’s music production skills and […]

Rodwell is nine years old and lives in Zimbabwe. He has a dream to become a doctor, to heal the world. Friday, 9 June his grandmother took him to an all-night-church meeting. While sleeping with the other children he was attacked by a hyena. He now needs a new nose, cheeks, upper-lip and left eye. […]

Yessss, it happened! Encore Marthie! A sold out show with Bram Potgieter as part of #HeuerHuiskonserte in Stellenbosch 9 June 2021. The highlight was this picture Gershwynn created for me as a gift. I asked for his biography and discovered- without knowing it- I was part of it! It just shows you never know when and how […]

There’s nothing like the first time you press down on a piano key and it returns a sound. It is instant gratification that doesn’t need anything more than swinging feet and curious fingers. My first moment happened at my grandmother’s house and that piano was the same one I practiced on for my final piano […]

Recently I ran out of marmite(yes I am one of those crazy people that eat it on toast). I was amazed to find out that my favorite grocery shop also ran out. To discover there are two factories in the world producing marmite: in England and South Africa.Funny thing about marmite is: it’s iconic bottle […]