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27 Jun 2019
Lida se brood
By Mathys Bornman On 27 June 2019 In Memories
Op 2 September 2014 het my pa sy laaste asem uitgeblaas. Dit was een dag korter as dertien maande vandat hy met kanker gediagnoseer is. Hy was 58. 16 Junie 2019 was die 5de Vadersdag sonder hom.
12 Jan 2019
Sparkling pools and shiny cars
By Mathys Bornman On 12 January 2019 In Reality
Futility. Noun. Meaning: Uselessness or powerlessness. A well known english proverb states that only idiots repeat the same actions over and over, each time expecting a different result. During my days at Varsity, we used to call
17 Mar 2016
When hope becomes the enemy
When we decided to make the move from what was my university-home-town to where we are now, my teaching-town, we did not only do it to survive, we also did it, because in our hearts we knew
11 Oct 2015
Exceptionally Ordinary
The struggle of composing this piece for the blog has now entered it’s second month. For reasons absolutely beyond me I have found it impossible to get my thoughts in order. My life, arrogant as that
30 Jul 2015
To God knows where..
It was somewhere in High School, when I was still very much stuck in the grips of adolescence, when somebody told me that they think I should study to be a minister or pastor in a church.