Once the Money Whisperer, always the Money Whisperer. As I moved to another continent 10 years ago, my angle on money hasn’t changed. It rather expanded, influenced by different circumstances. Through my oil painting group I met Butterfly Art Project, (BAP) www.Butterflyartproject.org , an NGO in a nearby township called Vrygrond. They provide art therapy […]
From my book shelves I met Antoinetta Vogels in 1997 in Ithaca NY and we’ve been friends ever since. For years she suffered from insomnia, but didn’t believe in medication as a cure. After some time and many sleepless nights she figured out that maybe there was something in the back of her mind, her […]
I’ve always loved reading and over the decades I gathered my own little library, filled with books I thought were worth their money. I love the feel of them, their weight (although I couldn’t live without my kindle) and the constant reminder of the wisdom, adventures, pains and victories of their main characters as they […]
I have felt quite intimidated over the last few months by events and circumstances beyond my control. I think the feelings of powerlessness, frustration, anger and sadness overwhelmed and paralyzed me to a point. Allow me to name a few: The beautiful, promising teenager raped and murdered right around the corner in our beautiful, peaceful […]
Gridlock: a type of traffic jam where continuous queues of vehicles block an entire network of intersecting streets, bringing traffic in all directions to a complete standstill. Being stuck in traffic is such a waste of time. You just sit there. You have places to go but you’re completely stuck! You want the wind in […]