Twintig jaar. Dis hoe lank ons hierdie Augustus al woon in ons huis in Riebeek-Wes. Die wit huis met die groen dak en die haan op die dak (soos ons altyd … (continue reading)
Family
Ons loop saam… vir dertig jaar nou. Mekaar se moonlight shadows. Trying to find ourselves in the winter snow … (continue reading)
(A post from Cecile's Facebook) What do I miss about Upington? The Upington I knew, the place that was my background, my reality, my personal and unique stage? I miss … (continue reading)
(A post from Cecile's Facebook) I came across this photo today while sorting through stuff. I see a contented cat - Fietetjat. I see a quilt made by my mom, … (continue reading)
(A post from Cecile's Facebook) Weird how these moments happen. You stand at the stove, hear a sound, and glance over your shoulder. Like a thousand times before. But this … (continue reading)
Scatter some of my ashes here when I die.(My Flemish friends will find the spot) … (continue reading)
When I was her age, shortly after finishing school, my first and furthest journey was tossing my Lejeune bike and little canvas rucksack onto the back of a flatbed fish … (continue reading)
We’ve come to see if there’s perhaps a river flowing to her future. We’ve found pretty patterns etched in water’s dreams falling from above. Tomorrow they will become a river… flowing … (continue reading)
(A post from Cecile's Facebook) 29 years ago we got married on a hot Upington Friday afternoon. A disastrous honeymoon with a few car accidents and an ER visit followed, … (continue reading)
30 Julie 2022 My pa verjaar vandag. Sy 4de weg van ons. Ek onthou hom vroeërjare… in sy 40’s en 50’s …. met sy rooi hare, sy flink regop stap, … (continue reading)
The Bergrivier Station – a stone’s throw from where the “Great Berg” meanders on its way past the historic Kersefontein – and further westward towards Laaiplek. A railway station that … (continue reading)
Daniël meeting up with Axel, from AppAcademy, Amsterdam, at the annual dotSwift conference in Paris. … (continue reading)
How many hours did they spend together? What could the shadows on their faces reveal? How many jokes did they crack? How many sheets of steel grinded and welded? How … (continue reading)