The Swanepoel Blog: June 2012

Saturday, June 30, 2012

merkwaardige vrou....

Julie Daley is 'n wyse en doelbewuste-denker.

sy skryf die mooiste uittreksels van bewondering....

sy bewonder die lewe

sy kyk fyn na interaksie

sy vind iets heilig in gefokuste asemhaling

en sy lewe met 'n bewussyn van

"wow".

♥

kyk hierdie mooi begin van haar weeklikse e-briefie:

I suddenly felt a strong sense of the miraculous nature of life…

just being here is a miracle.

When we’re not judging what is happening, a soft sort of joy and love is present.

I hope you fill these weekend days with times to simply soak in

the wonderment all around you.

Thursday, June 28, 2012

a Spanish Sacrifice

I've discovered this magical Spanish blog:

Verdes Vueltitas.

just let these drawings scribble all over your heart and cause your face to smile....

♥

Mr Mandela....speak to us.

I've been reading about the ANC's 2nd transition document...

and their policy-discussions...

and then this came across my way today...

‘If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head.

If you talk to him in his own language, that goes to his heart.’

~Nelson Mandela

Tuesday, June 26, 2012

what if...

what if everything matters

- the smile -

the tip

the hug

- the solution -

the idea -

the meal.

Monday, June 25, 2012

Welsh terrier en die Onmoontlike bloedlyn...

ek kan dit nie glo nie.

die een hond, enkel, Uno...

waarop ek verlief raak...

is skaars.

nee, regtig, soos in "aan die uitsterf "

"protected pets list...."

min het ek geweet dat hulle in die jaar 2000 ingevoer is

en van daar het die getalle net NOOIT toegeneem nie.

daar is slegs 17 mense in die land wat die regte, skoon bloedlyn het.

♥

Chris sê my so 'n maand terug dat hy nie telers kry nie...

eintlik: hy kry nêrens 'n klein- Welsh Terrier nie...

my eerste reaksie:

ja, nee, natuurlik net gegoogle "welsh terrier puppies" en toe opgehou...

rooskleurige-skaamte, toe ek vanaand hoor hy praat met 'n eksentrieke- Goodwood knaap wat sy reun geneem het na 'n Pretoriase- vrou, sodat die reun en tefie van naderby kon kennis maak...

en nadat jy iets wat lyk soos 'n verband-aansoek ingedien het, sal die eienaars met jou praat...

♥

jy kry Yorkshire Terriers,

Scottish Terriers,

Irish terriers, Bull terriers,

Airedale Terriers...

en dan natuurlik my geliefde:
Welsh Terriers.

kyk wat sê wikipedia:

"Welsh Terriers were developed to hunt independently

and this required that they be very assertive and stoic dogs.

As a consequence, developing obedience in a Welsh Terrier

is a long term proposition

and one has to constantly work on and reinforce the training.

They rank 53rd in Stanley Coren's The Intelligence of Dogs, being of average working/obedience intelligence.

This, however, does not mean that Welsh Terriers

fail to learn or understand commands,

just that they tend to make their own decisions;

thus the need for constant reinforcement.

When acting on their own,

they are quite creative

and quick in decision making."

Dit is so so my tipe hond !!

so- Lang storie kort te knip:

ons is eers om die bos gelei deur 'n skelm-smous-pseudo- puppy-verkoper in Durban...

gelukkig geen finansiele skade nie,

Chris het dadelik 'n rot geruik...

♥

Nou by die ware Jakob:

ons is op die waglys....

ons is nommer 18!

maar omdat ons die Goodwood-man verseker het

dat ons nie gaan teel nie, bump hy ons op na nommer 3.

ons wil net 'n troeteldier hê.

Troetel dier.

mooi woord.

regtig

al wat

ek wil

hê.

vir Kersfees ( of so wil dit my voorkom... )

ons due-date is Kersfees.

♥

Sunday, June 24, 2012

person of the week: Robert Collier

It is your work

to clear away

the mass of encumbering material of thoughts,

so that you may bring

into plain view

the precious thing

at the center

of the mass.

Robert Collier.

Saturday, June 23, 2012

hello Saterdag!

Saterdag, jys koud en mistig en moeilik

maar ek gaan jou regsien met

'n pragtige- Universiteitsdorp-ontbyt..

uitklophou: is 2 jong-mammies se glimlagte

en 2 sprankelende gesigte vol stories van

avontuur

verandering

en vreugde.

so hou op neul hier om my voete

en sloer iewers anders

Friday, June 22, 2012

Rip the earth in two with your mind
Seal the urge which ensues with brass wires
I never meant you any harm
But your tears feel warm as they fall on my forearm

But close my eyes for a while
Force from the world a patient smile

How can you say that your truth is better than ours?
Shoulder to shoulder, now brother, we carry no arms
The blind man sleeps in the doorway, his home
If only I had an enemy bigger than my apathy I could have won

But I gave you all

Close my eyes for a while
Force from the world a patient smile

But I gave you all

But you rip it from my hands
And you swear it's all gone
And you rip out all I have
Just to say that you've won

Well now you've won

Thursday, June 21, 2012

of death and dying

And death is at your doorstep.

And it will steal your innocence,

but it will not steal your substance.

But you are not alone in this...

- Mumford & Sons

Wednesday, June 20, 2012

of all the places in the world... and of all the sounds.. i heard your voice

of all the era's ... you were born in that specific year
when good music was made
went to that specific University
and taught.
where equations and ratio's were important.
went to do that specific job
where kindness was not required
but you had tons
mentioned that your favourite was
Milan Kundera's Unbearable Lightness of being

and at that moment:
i heard

i heard you

GFC

G0ld... melting.... my heart

Constance

Moofushi resort

Maldives

Tuesday, June 19, 2012

engage

I recently read this article about
children being sent to therapists /
coaches / specialists / psychologists
/ play specialists...

this is good:

"Obsession with thechnology
is eroding our sense of physical potential
and our sense of continuity of daily life..

2 decades ago children played ball,
dug tunnels and made bow & arrows.

They experienced their world directly,
and thus had a sense of time and space.

Now our lives involve less activity.

we push buttons, stare at screens or tablets rather than

interact with the forces of nature, earth, wind, waves, etc.

♥

children spend time with computer games or watching Disney channel..

they don't learn about delayed gratification,
attention, engagement with another human....
they just flick through channels
and want new playstation games...
artificially getting a "sense of victory" when they finish a stage.

but hey: occupational therapy,
remedial teachers and child-psychologists make their money..

mmm......

Monday, June 18, 2012

missing you are missing you

you are missing

you are gone

i try to remember

but it is hard

becasue there is so much gone'ness...

i do remember

the ease

Sunday, June 17, 2012

person of the week: Kylie Jackes

She finds connection

She creates

She uses words like "frivolous"

♥

read more about her by clicking here

♥

Saturday, June 16, 2012

what a wonderful experience...

I really enjoyed looking after Luca...

he is so gentle and self sufficient...

there really is no "looking after".

♥

he made the best scrambled eggs this morning!

I could warm up the idea of children.... a baby next year perhaps?

mom says it is hard work to get them to age 11....

but it appears to be totally worth it!

Thursday, June 14, 2012

I have custody of an 11 year old! is that SAFE ?!

yay!

its wonderful having a boy!

11 years old

He dresses himself

makes himself tea

and gives the warmest hugs.

Go Luca !!

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

omdat....

wat die hart van vol is

loop die mond van oor

Sunday, June 10, 2012

person of the week: Tim Kring

ok, so I'm mildly obsessed

with the TV series: TOUCH.

person of the week:

Creator: Tim Kring.

I love it

I Love it.

I can't stop watching it !

Consciousness is all and everything in the virtual hologram

of our experiences brought into awareness by the brain -

an electrochemical machine forever viewing streaming codes

for experience and interpretation.

Consciousness originates from a source of light energy

for the purpose of learning.

The human biogenetic experiment is consciousness

brought forth into the physical by the patterns

of sacred geometry that repeat in cycles called Time.

♥

Saturday, June 9, 2012

saturday sun

Beautiful drawing by a Boston ( USA ) artist.

I;m loving all things Boston these days....

Thursday, June 7, 2012

Fox- broadcasting: TOUCH

There is a beautiful, touching show on FOX:

it is called TOUCH.

We are all interconnected.

Our lives are invisibly tied to those whose destinies touch ours.

This is the hopeful premise of the new drama TOUCH from creator and writer Tim Kring

Blending science, spirituality and emotion, the series will follow seemingly unrelated people all over the world whose lives affect each other in ways seen and unseen, known and unknown. At the story’s center is MARTIN BOHM (Kiefer Sutherland), a widower and single father, haunted by an inability to connect to his emotionally challenged 11-year-old son, JAKE (David Mazouz).

Caring, intelligent and thoughtful, Martin has tried everything to reach his son.

But Jake never speaks, shows little emotion, and never allows himself to be touched by anyone, including Martin. Jake is obsessed with numbers—writing long strings of them in his ever-present notebooks—and with discarded cell phones.

♥