Marlize, Author at Marlize Venter - Page 2 of 10
There is this saying about small minds being amused by small things… and it may be what you will think after I relate this little tidbit about our initial weeks in the Great South Land. You have heard about my amusement with an honesty tin, my joy at being able to put petrol on my … [Read more…]
Of the many new things that I have encountered in Australia two still makes me smile when I walk away, no, make that three. Number one An honesty tin. On many of the smaller roads especially in rural communities you may find produce next to the road, sans a cash register or attendant, with a … [Read more…]
Die Boer van Dankbaar
July 13, 2015 by Marlize	4 Comments
Die boer van Dankbaar het nou die dag weer voor my ingedraai. Die Peter Stuyvesant tussen sy geel vingers vasgeknyp. Sy elmboog het by die bakkie uitgehang en die bottel Stopayne het onder die sitplek uitgesteek. Sy oë was steeds waterblou. Die koffie was soet op die hoek van die tafel en die melkbrood warm … [Read more…]
Posted in: My life and stories	Tagged: boer, Dankbaar, dementia, familie, oupa, Peter Stuyvesant, plaasboer, Toeka-tokkel se familie
July 7, 2015 by Marlize	4 Comments
Ék, is in ’n pers seisoen in my lewe. My bril is pers, my hare het pers strepe (bietjie gebleik nou al) en so titsel oranje in. My vingernaels is die allermooiste pers geverf. Sulke blinkerige oogvang pers naels. Tussen die besadigde kleure van blou en swart in my kas is dit die pers, bloedrooi … [Read more…]
Posted in: My life and stories	Tagged: Afrikaans, bril, eyeshadow, Jakaranda in Pretoria, pers, Toeka Tokkel se kleur
July 6, 2015 by Marlize	6 Comments
My eerste digbundel is nou aanlyn beskikbaar deur Blurb. Jy het ‘n keuse van twee, of die papier weergawe wat jy weer en weer kan optel en deurblaai, of die PDF weergawe wat jy op enige van jou slim toestelle kan oopmaak en lees, sommer net waar jy is. net Genade is ‘n groepie van 30 gedigte … [Read more…]
Posted in: Dear Migrant to the Great South Land, My life and stories	Tagged: Afrikaans, Afrikaanse Digbundel, Blurb, gedigte, Marlize Venter, net Genade, slim, Spreuke Vrou
I was there on the 24th of June, 2015. Me and my little family of four sat all by our lonesome own some in the four seats allocated to us by the big machine in the sky and we listened to “Die Manne wat Glo”. I do not do church to be entertained. I go … [Read more…]
Ek het eens ’n man bemin. Nie ’n mooi man nie. ’n Jong man met ’n lyf buite verhouding, ’n groot neus, lang vingers, vol lippe en bokkie bruin oë, met ’n wegflip kuif, en ’n rooi wyn stem. Ek het hierdie man met my hele asem lief gehad. Vir lank. Baie lank. ’n Week … [Read more…]
The Four Swivel Wheel Shopping Trolley Experience
June 21, 2015 by Marlize	4 Comments
Woman killed by shopping trolley at Tea Tree Plaza is the heading of the news article. My immediate thought? Well, this is no surprise with the shopping trolleys in Australia! For all of the good things that this Great South Land can lay claim to, an easy steering shopping trolley is not one of them! … [Read more…]
Posted in: Dear Migrant to the Great South Land	Tagged: abdominal, four wheels, locked back wheels, shop, Shopping trolleys, steer, swivel