Good reads

“DIS ’N TEKEN”…

Een van my gunstelingskrywers, Patricia Cornwell, bring blykbaar binnekort weer ’n nuwe boek uit. Met dit in gedagte, besluit ek om sommer weer haar hele reeks van voor af te lees. Eers val daar ’n foto van my nagraadse gradeplegtigheid…
Read more

UPLIFTED BY ART

,
At the beginning of 2022 it is apt to celebrate the amazing, uplifting things ordinary South Africans are doing to ameliorate the dysfunctional (non) running of our towns. They’re getting out there and physically doing something about taking…
Read more

HEROLD’S BAY AND ITS LABYRINTH

, ,
One of the most peaceful places along the Garden Route is to be found in Herold’s Bay where a beautiful garden filled with birdsong, flowers, milkwood trees and the aromatic scent of coastal fynbos boasts a new labyrinth. Labyrinths have been…
Read more

MAY A MUSE GUIDE YOU

I recently signed a poetry book for a young aspiring poet and wrote “follow your muse” as inspiration to him. Afterwards I wondered if people know where the “muses” originated? Most people are familiar with the Greek god Zeus, but as…
Read more

ANTON SMIT SCULPTURES IN GREAT BRAK RIVER

8 December 2021 was a memorable day for art lovers in the Garden Route. After months of planning as part of a tourism initiative for Great Brak River, eight works by world-renowned sculptor, Anton Smit, were erected in this picturesque town…
Read more

GIVE THE GIFT OF FESTIVE SPARKLE!

The best way to be creative during the festive season and give something handmade to your loved-ones? Your own hand-crafted jewellery and decorations! You need: Earring hooks, studs Earring pins Small metal jump-rings Glue gun …
Read more

’N VEERTJIE IN JOU HOED

Vroeër jare het ons foutiewelik na hedendaagse Inheemse Amerikaners as “Rooi Indiane” verwys. Dit was natuurlik Christopher Columbus se skuld, want toe hy die Amerikaanse kontinent in 1492 bereik, het hy gedink dit is Indië, vandaar die…
Read more

LIGHT PAINTING USING THE NIGHT AS A CANVAS

Visual artist Hannu Huhtamo has been creating art with the dark night as his “canvas” and light as his “brush”. Using a technique known as light painting, the Finnish artist makes his works with a photographic technique based on long…
Read more

‘TIS THE SEASON FOR CYCLING

,
Freddie Mercury of the band Queen once sang: “I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride my bike. I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride it where I like …” These aren’t the cleverest of Queen’s lyrics but the words really are apt…
Read more

LIGHTS & LANTERNS

Vanjaar se Lights & Lantern-fees vind op 20 Desember 2021 oorkant die polisiekantoor In Langstraat, Groot-Brakrivier, plaas.  Soos altyd, is die fokus van die fees stille refleksie en om lig na buite uit te dra. Vanweë  die onsekerheid…
Read more

TAKE THE TIME TO MAKE A CLOCK

Crafting can be decorative and functional at the same time! Here’s how to make your own little kitchen clock. You will need: A nice piece of MDF craft-wood, or plastic, wood, flat ceramic, or even a piece you’ve made from plaster…
Read more

INSPIRASIE UIT THE POST!

By The Post is daar niks wat lekkerder is as om positiewe terugvoering te ontvang nie, maar as ons hoor dat iets in die koerant heel onverwags van ons lesers tot groter hoogtes geïnspireer het, is dit voorwaar die spreekwoordelike “kersie…
Read more

OP PAD MET SOPHY GRAY – EERSTE VROULIKE ARGITEK IN SA

Tydens ’n onlangse wegbreek bevind ek myself in “St. John in the Wildernis”, ’n klipkerkie op Louvain-vakansieplaas in die Bo-Langkloof. En net daar word ek bewus van die formidabele Sophy Gray (1814-1871), een van die eerste vroue wat…
Read more

’N KYKIE NA KLEUR DEUR ’N CHINESE LENS

,
My “stiefpa” (by gebrek aan ’n beter woord) is onlangs oorlede. ’n Kreatiewe en vaardige man wat in 1972 vanaf Duitsland hier ter plaatse geland het. Hy het soveel uniekhede, kunsskatte en ’n magdom kuns-naslaanbronne saamgebring,…
Read more

LIGHTS & LANTERNS FESTIVAL

If all goes well, the well-known Lights & Lanterns Festival will take place again in December 2021. Thousands of plastic bottles are needed in which all the candles will be placed for this event. Please donate all your clean, empty 2 litre…
Read more

HOLIDAY FUN WITH DIY TIE-DYE!

Tie-dye your very own T-shirt, beach towel, hat, beach bag, mask or even fabric sneakers. You can buy complete Tie-dye kits – enquire at your nearest craft shop: Choose your design and dye colours. There are many inspirational design…
Read more

GEEN WYN VIR ’N WEEK NIE

My pa het altyd gesê ’n mens praat nie oor politiek en godsdiens nie, maar hier gaan ons … Mitologie en religie bestaan al van die begin van tye af. Dit is ’n manier om die begin van die mensdom, die plek wat die mens in die heelal…
Read more

GET CREATIVE!

If the cold weather, children’s holidays and lockdown have left you stuck at home looking for something interesting to do, why not upgrade something in your home to give it new life? It’s bound to cheer you up and leave you feeling mentally…
Read more

THE ART OF WRITING

After a recent article on the development of agriculture in the ancient civilizations, someone asked me where I got all this information. “Do you Google it?” Since early childhood I liked words – in actual printed books – with pages…
Read more

SCULPTING THE HUMAN BODY … WITH BICYCLE CHAINS!

South Korean artist Young-Deok Seo uses the unlikely material of bicycle chains as a way to craft realistic sculptures of the human body. For years, we’ve marveled over his figurative artwork, some of it life-sized and others larger than life,…
Read more