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The grandeur of simple things
Linza de Jager - 4th Aug 2020 0
Bredasdorp artist Weyers du Toit's paintings of humble objects take them to another level.
Clare Menck’s lyrical evocation of childhood
Linza de Jager - 28th Jul 2020 0
Lockdown has not killed the arts. Well-known artist Clare Menck had proof of that when her art works sold briskly at a group exhibition in Rosebank, Cape Town, this weekend. The exhibition can still be viewed by private appointment.
Ruan Huisamen’s compelling portrait of Aimee
Linza de Jager - 21st Jul 2020 0
Ruan Huisamen's arresting portrait of Aimee was placed fifth in 2019's Sanlam Portrait Awards. It is 75 cm x 63 cm in size.
Pretoria artist Kobus Walker takes on Vermeer
Kobus Walker has created a lyrical reinterpretation of Johannes Vermeer's painting 'Girl with a Pearl Earring.'
A lyrical Tinus Horn landscape
Linza de Jager - 14th Jul 2020 0
Hermanus based artist and author Tinus Horn painted this glorious landscape about two years ago. It is 1 m x 700 mm in size. Horn applied the oil paint in an expressive, loose style. The paint was applied thinly.
Bring on the magic potion! We’re gatvol of the virus!
Lockdown diaries: Where is Getafix the druid when one needs him?
Dieting with a difference
This delicious poem by author and co-owner of Hemingways Bookshop, Beth Hunt, made us cry, 'vive la différence.'
Not feeling joyful? Recapture the feeling with Mia Valodia Wessels van Zijl's special witch in an upside down land.
Medical scheme pays a claim!
The 'Always there for you' medical scheme admits that it, too, is fallible. CEO BA Rump guffawed as he told The Grotto that the medical scheme recently "actually paid a claim!"
Hemingways Bookshop’s new chapter
Hemingways Bookshop in Hermanus is celebrating its 25th anniversary this month. And it is doing so in the style that people have become accustomed to.
Online shopping’s woes & wonders
Linza de Jager - 7th Jul 2020 0
Fear of Covid-19 caused my marriage to online shopping. There was no courtship. No romancing. Just the nuptials. One did not need to be a marriage counsellor to predict that things were not going to go smoothly…
Medical aid: Eish!
Linza de Jager - 30th Jun 2020 0
Medical aids. Don't talk to her about them! So complains a reader of The Grotto, who is battling her medical aid at this very moment.
A Rude SMS from Sassa
Linza de Jager - 16th Jun 2020 0
So much for Sassa's offer of a Covid-19 grant of R350 for the poor. The offer was not what it seemed. At least one impoverished applicant who looked forward to getting this measly sum has been turned down. So, how poor does one have to be to get this grant, asks Linza de Jager.
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Ek ruik ‘n rot
Daar is 'n geheimsinnige indringer in haar hoenderhok, skryf Lise Beswick. Sy't 'n foto van die tonnel in die grond geneem. Is dit 'n vriend of vyand? Sy wens sy't 'n hoender- tolk sodat sy kan verstaan wat haar hoenders sê oor die wese.
Tippie Enslin se gebakte pere met heuning en balsamic
Winter inspirasie: Tippie Enslin se gebakte pere is mooi genoeg om te skilder, en lekker daarby.
Water of Vodka…
Was daar water of wodka in die ketel? Vind uit in hierdie heerlike storie deur die digter-sjef Zane Beswick.
Luister na die heuning-les
Heuning is nie net 'n anti-oksidant nie, skryf Lise Beswick. "Dis in 'n kategorie van sy eie. In die Bybel is heuning in 97 van die honderd verse daaroor 'n simbool van oorvloed, voorsiening, sukses. Die manna in die woestyn was wit soos koljandersaad en het gesmaak soos heuning-wafers."
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Zane Beswick is ‘n sjef en boer en digter. Hy is die eienaar van die Schwarma Shack op Robertson en het uitgebreide werksondervindig, onder meer in die Hotel Camelot in Afghanistan. Zane beskryf homself as volg: “Ek behoort nêrens en ek behoort orals. Ek leef vir die oomblik en ek leef vir die ewigheid.”
Zane Beswick. Foto: Verskaf
Wat ek onthou
Viooltjies, nomsganna, pietsnot
“Soutie” het my neefs my gespot
Paddavissies in die klippanne
Kom tel julle kinners tanne?
Dassies op die koppie se hange
Sproete op die kinners se wange
Uit die huis uit en gaan speel op die werf!
Die voorstetuin was ‘n heilige erf
Menslikheid, eerlikheid en min water-
‘n bok se naam was kapater
Asters by die voorstoep
Het julle kinners my geroep?
Bougainvilla, asters en kanniedood
In die kleioond is dit boerebrood
Die uithuis en die donkie
Een van ons nefies was Klonkie
Die lang kombuistafel en ouma se spens
Om in die voorkamer te kom, kon ons net wens
OCC se lorry wat op die grootpad dreun
Die lekkerreuk net na die rëen
Kwepers, vye en granate
My Antie se naam was Drata
Dit was Ouma se plaas
hierdie kant Nababeep
Boererate is basies belangrik
"Sal jy vir enige een vertel jy slaap al 'n week met drie aartappels in jou bed - vir die knie en heup wat so pyn?" vra Lise Beswick in hierdie heerlike, en ook hulpvaardige, artikel.
Krieket en Koeëls
In Kaboel is daar ’n vyfde seisoen en dit is die bomseisoen, skryf Zane Beswick. " Dit begin nie met ‘n sonstilstand nie, nee, ek dink dit begin wanneer iemand net bedonderd is. Gewoonlik is die bomseisoentydens lente en somer, en almal is behoedsaam."
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If you’re a Braai Boet, head over here
Fresh from the forum Linza de Jager - 4th Aug 2020 0
If you love a braai you'll probably enjoy the various braai threads on our Forum. The Faniebraai braai thread has a story to it. It's named after the late and much missed Faniebraai, who has been described by one of our Forum members as "larger than life.
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