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SANDSIRKELS EN KLIPKRINGE

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Die inkomende gety spoel oor die lyne wat die kunstenaar in die sand getrek het, terwyl die wind die takkies uit die boommik waai onder die Outeniekwa-geelhout waar die Knysna Loerie koggel … Landkuns is ’n kunsvorm wat tegnies gesproke…

KWIKKIEKOS

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Die kwikkies het my mak gemaak. Ek sou sê hulle het my na die hand geleer, maar hulle is mos handlose klein voëltjies met vier fyn toontjies. Volksname verwys so treffend na diere se voorkoms of gedrag, dit is ’n tipe poësie op sigself,…

8 Habits that can hurt your memory

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Your memories are an essential part of who you are. Your memories contain every lesson you’ve ever learned, every person you’ve met, and everything you’ve ever enjoyed, hated or loved. People unknowingly do things every single day to erase…

Making adult friends

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For many, making friends seemed a lot easier when we were kids than it is now in adulthood. Why is it that as we age, the art of making and keeping close friends becomes so difficult? Dr. Marisa Franco, a psychologist and professor, wrote…

LIFE WITHOUT INTERNET: NIGHTMARE OR BLESSING?

To imagine a world in which we don’t have access to the internet is something that most of us can’t even imagine. We use it for literally everything in our lives, including staying in touch with folks in our near surroundings. Consider…

ARE YOU A DOG OR A WOLF PERSON?

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Currently I am binge watching “Game of Thrones” again, and still loving it. The “dire wolf” is very much part of this epic ancient world fantasy. The dire wolf (Aenocyon dirus) is an extinct canine. It is one of the most famous prehistoric…

SLEGS SKAKERINGS VAN GRYS?

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Ek was onlangs by ’n geleentheid waar baie mense bymekaargekom het, waarvan onder meer ’n netjiese jong man met skouerlengte hare. Dik, gesonde hare wat goed versorg is. Van waar ek sit, hoor ek hoe die jongman se lang hare reaksie uitlok.…

TIME-BAR CLAUSE IN YOUR CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT

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Clients are often surprised when they discover clauses in their construction contract that require them to give notice to the building contractor, usually within very short periods of time, of their intention to dispute a set of circumstances,…

MAAK DINGE VIR JOU WERK

Vir diesulkes wat min, iets, baie of niks van my weet, het dit moontlik met verloop van tyd duidelik geword uit my skrywes, woorde en dade dat ek nie eintlik ’n wintermens is nie. Nie net voel ek ingeperk met die korter dae nie, maar die aantrek…

THEY ARE DUNES NOT DUMPS

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Like most urban-based conservancies within the Garden Route, the Great Brak River Conservancy finds itself operating within the realm of assuming responsibility. Roles within awareness, conservation-based community projects, preservation of…

HEIMERSRIVIER ROAD BIRDING DRIVE

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This birding drive take us into the Little Karoo, an arid landscape, with birds that are well adapted to cope with the warm, dry summer days and the chilly winter mornings. For most of the year this landscape is brown and dry in comparison to…

EEN TREE VORENTOE, TWEE TREË AGTERUIT

Die ontwikkeling van die wêreld waarin ons leef, is vinnger as wat enigeen van ons waarlik besef. Dít wat ’n dekade terug as onmoontlik en ekslusief beskou is, is nou moontlik en alledaags en vir almal beskore. Hierdie vooruitgang is fantasties…