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Thursday, January 30, 2014

Grindstone talk

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I was thrilled when Keet and Andrea invited me to give a talk about the Fundamo story to companies participating in the Grindstone Accele...
Wednesday, January 29, 2014

White wine tasting

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It was a white wine tasting with a difference. Not only did Fred surprise us with some excellent examples of white wine-making in South Afr...
Thursday, January 23, 2014

Annelie's operation

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After a long wait in the hospital corridors outside the theatre, I saw the staff push my wife, Annelie to her room. She was still heavily s...
Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Full set of Platters

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John Platter published a listing of all South African wines in 1982. Since then, the book was published every year and became the ipso fact...
Sunday, January 19, 2014

Philip seventy

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We attended the celebration of Philip's seventy years birthday celebration. The event was held at Arugula in Welgemoed. The food, servi...

Renovation project

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Annelie is doing a great job of a renovation project for one of our rental properties. Not only is the kitchen, bathroom and bedrooms now b...

Great brown-paper chat

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I thrived on the intellectual challenges at work: how to authenticate a payment best, what do subscribers really want from mobile money, et...
Wednesday, January 15, 2014

End of a chapter

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It was announced yesterday that I decided to leave Fundamo at the end of January. Today, I spoke to the staff about my decision and the exc...
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Tuesday, January 14, 2014

Lola's lunch

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We enjoyed a bistro-style lunch at Lola's on Long Street before an early evening movie in the Waterfront. The fresh Kingklip mains was ...
Sunday, January 12, 2014

Arden the geocacher

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I found an ardent geocacher in my grandson, Arden. We successfully searched for and found four caches during a most enjoyable search, predo...
Friday, January 10, 2014

Ouma Christine visit

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I dropped my mother off at the airport after an extended stay with us at de Wijnlanden. It was special times to entertain the eighty-eight ...
Thursday, January 09, 2014

Heine Dinner

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We hosted Quintus and Rielle for dinner at de Wijnlanden on a seven course dinner with wines paired with each dish. Annelie did an amazing ...
Monday, January 06, 2014

Arden is swimming

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Arden was full of excitement to show us his new skill when we visited Ernst for Sunday-lunch. Without any fear for having his head under wa...
Friday, January 03, 2014

Ado and family

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We were only two children: me and my brother. Since childhood we had a close relationship. That is why it was so special that he and his ...
Wednesday, January 01, 2014

A new day

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As the sun rises over the Helderberg, I hear the Egyptian geese waking up on the Meerlust dam, far away a rock pigeon is calling his mate w...
Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Late-night plumbing

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Just before going to bed after watching a late-night movie, I discovered a burst pipe in the garden. After some urgent phone calls I manage...
Sunday, December 29, 2013

Jeroboam of Champagne

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A three liter bottle of wine is called a Jeroboam. Me and my brother were confronted with a High Constantia Clos Andre 2008 Jeroboam. With ...

Adlem's at Meerenbosch

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Dawie and Liza Adlem visited us at Meerenbosch. We cooked "flat" chickens in the Weber and talked cricket, triathlons and life in...
Saturday, December 28, 2013

Nonnatjie ill

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I took a lethargic and feverish Nonnatjie to the vet. After the vet tested her blood the verdict was rickettsia. The good news is that the ...
Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Meerenbosch Xmas

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What a blessing to have our children and grand-children at MeerenBosch to celebrate the most well-known Christian day. As Spiderman and a y...
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