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“Hierdie gomlastiekkalant
met ‘n stert aan elke kant,
met sy turfvel kaal en skurf,
met sy langslang van ‘n slurf,
is die
   Olie-
      rolie-
         polie-
            katjie-
               poetjie-
                  olifant!”

– A.G. Visser –

Maybe we need more of these on planet earth:

“When the day’s hustle and bustle is done
Then the gumbie cat’s work is but hardly begun
She thinks that the cockroaches need employment
To prevent them from idle and wanton destroyment
So she’s formed from that lot of disorderly louts
A troop of well disciplined helpful boy scouts
With a purpose in life and a good deed to do
And she’s even created a beetles tattoo!”

I have a gumbie cat in mind, her name is Jennyanydots
Her coat is of the tabby kind with tiger stripes and leopard spots
All day she sits beneath the stairs or on the steps or on the mat
She sits and sits and sits and that’s what makes a gumbie cat
That’s what makes a gumbie cat!

BUT….

When the day’s hustle and bustle is done
Then the gumbie cat’s work is but hardly begun
And when all the family’s in bed and asleep
She tucks up her skirts to the basement to creep
She is deeply concerned with the ways of the mice
Their behavior’s not good and their manners not nice
So when she has got them lined up on the matting
She teaches them music, crocheting and tatting

Andrew Lloyd Webber –

   

Die 4 wit pootjies op my bed strek in teenoorgestelde rigtings en die wollige snoesigheid word langer. Dalk moet ons met soveel oorgawe leef as wat ‘n kat kan slaap.

– m –

Emosionele pyn is soos ‘n vars omgeploegde land na die reën: dit wat jy daarin plant groei baie goed. Die vraag is: “Plant jy sonneblomme of kakiebos?”

– m –

Hou jou kop by jou voete…

– e –

Somewhere between come and go, and sometimes in the come and go, lies the essential beauty of life…

– m –

“Try logging out, clear cache and cookies, then log in again.”
“Did that work?”
“Yes, it works, thanks.”

Sometimes in life we need to log out, clear cache and cookies and then log in again…

– m –

Die vlinder vlinder tussen wind en blom – sy eerste of sy laaste dag?
onbewus van tyd se stap?
Dalk verloor gravitasie sy krag
en kan ons ook vrolik vlinder
as tyd se mag ons nie meer hinder

– m –

How few are there who can still indulge some strong personal feeling, who make a real effort and spend all their strength in enduring their longing, assimilating it and turning it to gain in their lives . . .

. . . let us rejoice when something affects us deeply, and regard the accompanying pains as and enrichment of the soul. High tensions produce big sparks

– Bonhoeffer –