Category: Nature & Nurture

THE POWER OF HERBAL MEDICINE: NATURE’S HEALING TOUCH

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Herbal medicine, also known as herbalism or phytotherapy, is a practice that harnesses the therapeutic and energetic properties of plants to promote health and well-being. For centuries, different cultures around the world have relied on the…

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…

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…

MOUNTAIN TRAIL INTO BAVIAANSKLOOF

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We are not strangers to the Baviaanskloof valley, but we haven’t explored it for a long, long time. So we set out to put things right. Just under 200 km in length, the valley is hemmed in by the Baviaanskloof mountains to the north and the…

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…

WILDE VITAMIENE!

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My broer kuier hier vanuit ’n ander land. Ons verken die omgewing, rits rond, soek na Afrika-vitamiene vir sy expat-tekorte. Ons gaan op ’n “game drive”. ’n Wildsrit. ’n Wildrit. Dit blyk toe ’n Wilde Rit te wees. Die gids is…

YEAR OF THE RABBIT

When Marthie Nel Hauptfleisch first sang enquiring “Hasie Hoekom Is Jou Stert So Kort?” did she stop to consider that whilst Hasie’s tail is indeed short, the tale of the rabbit is in fact an incredibly long one? Ancestors of modern…

CAMDEBOO-BERGE EN KAROOVLAKTES

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Die afgelope jaar en ’n half het groot dele van ons land die wonderlikste reën gekry en die droogte is nou iets van die verlede. Die Karoo is groener as ooit! Die voëls geniet die groenigheid net so baie soos die diere en voëlkykgeleenthede…