This is what it's come to

So it's been almost four years since my previous blog entry. Guilt and all aside, I'm struck by how the world has changed.

Now I'm lying on my back (cause I'm old and my back hurts) and blogging from an iPad. Does this mean that any time I have random inane ideas, I can now put them online for the world to peruse?

You betcha :-)

Bitterbessie

"Eggo is geen antwoord nie
Antwoord sy alom
Bitterbessie dagbreek
Bitterbessie son"

- Ingrid Jonker

Waar is jy?

I know I think a lot
but somehow it just doesn't help
it only makes it worse

The more I think
The more I know
the more it hurts

With only solitude to meet me like a friend
oh, where are you?
where are you ? where are you?

- Cat Stevens, "Where are you"

Poisonous poise

In order to walk, you lift up one foot, and then purposely throw yourself off balance. Your foot hits the ground, you lift your other foor, and throw yourself off balance again, propelling yourself forward. I have been throwing myself off balance without allowing my foot to touch the ground for far too long.

Moderation

"Moderation and fridays are mutually exclusive"

- Anita Adendorff

Die rooi jellybaby

Vanoggend op my pad werk toe vang my oog 'n rooi glinster op die sypaadjie. 'n Rooi jellybaby lê en bak in die son, soos 'n vis uit die water. En ek dink, "Rooi Jellybaby, hoe het jy daar gekom?" Wat is jou storie?".

 

Een van die lewe se klein misteries, daardie arme rooi jellybaby.

Hmm...

Silent rage...

Ek is kwaad. Angry.
With nowhere to go...