[1 June 2021] Many years ago we had a neighbour in a wheelchair for a few months. He was seemingly independent and lived on his own. He would come home…
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[Oorspronklik gepubliseer in YELLOW DOOR op 10 Junie 2014] ‘n Lewende legende op ‘n Bloemfonteinse verhoog en die samesnoerende krag van die uitvoering het Karien Jordaan onlangs stom gelaat. “For…
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[Oorspronklik gepubliseer in YELLOW DOOR op 20 September 2014] Die dilemma van die moderne ouer-kind-dinamiek is vir Karien Jordaan op ‘n manier erger as die destydse sleutelgatkinders. Toe my eie…
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[Oorspronklik gepubliseer in YELLOW DOOR op 2 Julie 2013] Karien Jordaan is vandag gelukkig. Oor ‘n simpel dingetjie. Verrassings is gewoonlik van die lekker soort. Wat is lekkerder as ‘n…
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[Desember 2020] Alex woon in ‘n glashuis. Hy gooi nie klip nie. Alex se glashuis is ‘n argitektoniese wonder. Dit het sy eie mikroklimaat, drupbesproeiing, beligting, komposverwerking, lugfiltrering, en verbasend…
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Repos Ailleurs (three years later)
by Karien Jordaan June 1, 2020Nature favours the number 3 in a fundamental way. There are three main types of stable particles: the proton, the neutron, and the electron. These are the three building blocks…
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“My name is Marvin, as in Marvin Gaye”, the hipster said as I sat down in his consulting chair. “There you go, now you’ll never forget my name.” The fetching…
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Anzac Day with 20/20 vision
by Karien Jordaan April 25, 2020“Oh, so this year you can wear your very own sprig of rosemary on Anzac Day”, my neighbour remarked as I was scratching about in our new herb garden. I…
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This morning was a sunny beach morning in Warrnambool. On my walk, total strangers insisted to embroider on the beauty of the day. Me? I was just focusing on keeping…
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“It’s an irritating reality that many places and events defy description. Machu Picchu, for instance, seems to demand silence, like a love affair you can never talk about. For a…