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NaNoWriMo2019 Op die wa

~ Toortsie ~ 18 Kommentaar

English follows below the Afrikaans.

Ek is op die wa! Ja! Ek het opgeklim! Darem hopelik nie voor op die wa nie!

My uitdaging is om 1667 woorde per dag te skryf. Ek sal natuurlik baie graag meer wil skryf, veral in die begin. Ek moet die yster smee terwyl hy nog warm is en woorde wen vir die dae wat ek nie hierby gaan uitkom nie. Dit is ‘n behoorlike skryfmarathon.

Ek het geskryf. Tans staan my woorde vir die dag op 1813. Ek het dit gemaak! 🙂 Sjoe! Om die waarheid te sê dink ek dat ek dalk later in die dag nog ‘n skryfsessie sal kan inwerk, vandag se program gee ruimte daarvoor. Ek hoop ek sal kan, maar werk dit nie, sal dit nie saakmaak nie. Ek gaan my nie onnodig druk nie.

Die boek wat ek skryf handel oor my kinderjare met toepassing op vandag. Ek wil graag stories uit my kinderjare vertel, maar terselfdertyd deurtrek na vandag en hoe ek vandag optree en glo.

Vanoggend het ek myself voorgestel. Wie is ek? Waar kom ek vandaan? Wie was in ons gesin? Met wie is ek getroud? Wie is my kinders? Waar het ek skoolgegaan? Waar het ek gewoon as kind. Sommer net algemene agtergrond.

My plan is om dan nou met die volgende hoofstuk te begin met my stories.

Maar nou is ek vir eers klaar ge #NaNoWriMo vir die dag, my lewe moet darem ook seker gebeur. Wie weet, dalk kom daar nog ‘n tydjie.

Terloops, as ek gister kon skryf en so vinnig kan tik soos die gedagtes en woorde deur my kop gestroom het, was ek nou al klaar. Ongelukkig werk dit nou nie so nie en is daardie woorde rivier af!

Mooi loop!

Toortsie

I’m on the NaNoWriMo wagon! I did it! My challenge is to write 1667 word per day, every day for the Month of November.

I want to try and write more than 1667 words per day, especially in the beginning of this challenge, for there will be days when I won’t get the time to do it. It is like doing a writing marathon!

This morning I wrote 1813 words. I did it! I hope to get another writing session today and write a few more words.

I write in my home language, Afrikaans, about stories from my childhood. Today I introduced myself and I plan to start writing the stories from tomorrow.

Best wishes

Toortsie

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Toortsie’s Bash! #SoCS

~ Toortsie ~ Lewer kommentaar

Today’s Stream of Consciousness Saturday prompt is bash/abash/a bash. As an Afrikaans speaking person, I couldn’t think what the meaning of the word is at first. I asked Google and then I remembered!

I published a book with the word, ‘bash’ in the title! And it wasn’t someone else’s idea, it was my own idea! Toortsie’s Banting Bash!

The reason I chose that name, was that it is a recipe book suitable for Banting, but I wanted a name that was easy to say, nice in the mouth and on the ear. I looked for something that alliterates. ‘Toortsie’s Banting Bash!‘ was such a title. I liked it. I didn’t know the meaning of ‘bash’, but I liked the sound of it.

The translator told me that it was suitable because a bash can be a party, a social gathering, a celebration, a festivity. And yes, my book ís a party, a festivity, with wonderful food, very colourful, fun to make, with recipes that everyone that loves nice food, may eat. Not only Banters.

Best wishes

Toortsie

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Serendipity

~ Toortsie ~ 11 Kommentaar

Today’s daily prompt is Serendipity, brought by Jill. As an Afrikaans speaking person, I am not quite sure if I understand the word correctly. According to Google, the meaning of serendipity is, ‘the occurrence and development of events by chance in a happy or beneficial way.’ An example of serendipity is, according to Google, when someone accidently finds something good.

I’ll try my best. You may decide if my story qualifies as ‘serendipity’.

On Black Friday, 2017, I ordered two pairs from a company of shoes via the internet at a really good discount. They had such a huge demand for shoes on that day that their computers crashed.

At first, my shoes haven’t arrived in two days as was promised, but I heard that they had this big problem and that the computers sold inventory that they didn’t have. We had to wait a little bit so that they could sort things out.

In the meantime, we went on holiday and I decided to sort this out when we return.

While we were away, the shoes arrived. Every thing went well. I had my shoes and were really happy with them.

But, two weeks later, the shoes arrived again. Duplication!

I gave the second pairs of shoes to my daughter, who exchanged it for another pairs, but the shoes were marked down, she could even choose something else as well!

That day at the Mall we had quite a lot of surprises, at every shop we came, we received discount. Every time we came at the till, they told us that the articles were marked down and that it was not the price as marked on the article. 🙂 Strange!

Back at home, I phoned the company to tell them that they sent the order twice and that I wanted to pay them back. They didn’t know how to solve my problem! 🙂 They would phone me back, but never did. 🙂

Christmas box? Serendipity? God’s Grace? Pure good luck?

Toortsie

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I think the answer on all these question marks is: God’s grace. 🙂


Paris!

~ Toortsie ~ 10 Kommentaar

Paris! What a city!

I had been so fortunate to visit Paris three times in my life. What a privelege. What a wonderful city. It is a city I really fell in love with.

Each time was a new experience, every time it was even better. The first time we did the city tour per boat on the chanels, the next time we took the red bus and the last time it was with a guide on foot. Each time was special on its own.

The first two times I visited Paris, was in summer. The first time we were there for only one night, definately too short. We walked the streets, from out hotel, then the Champs-Élysées to the Arc de Triomph, and then all the way to the Eiffel Tower.

One cannot describe the feeling when you see the Eiffel the first time!

The last time we visited Paris, was in December 2017. We arrived there while it was still dark and when we first saw the Eiffel, it was halfway in the clouds. What an anti-climax!

But, after a warm bath and putting on warm clothes, Paris started to live and once again, we had a wonderful time and Paris didn’t disappoint us at all. Paris in winter is wonderful.

If I could visit Paris once more in my lifetime, I would definately go. There are still so much to see and do.

Toortsie

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Sunrise

~ Toortsie ~ 12 Kommentaar

I had the privilege to choose our prompt for today in the JusJoJan challenge and I chose sunrise. When I think about it again, the better choice would be sunset because I am not a morning person and miss most sunrises.

But, for many years on the farm I was awake then and went to the shed for Morning Scripture and, mostly in winter, could appreciate the sunrise.

Sunrise is a wonderful part of the day. It annouces the beginning of a new day. A new beginning. It has a present in it: About 16 hours that we may fill as we thinks best. A new day that we can do our best, perhaps fix a few faults that we made, make even more faults! Sunrise gives me the chance to start new. Isn’t that wonderful?

What means sunrise to you? Write it in the comments, or even better, write it on your own blog and remember to tag this post.

Toortsie

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