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Sweet Service Award goes to Mynhardt’s Kitchen; Sour Service Award goes to Discovery Insure!

 

The Sweet Service Award goes to Mynhardt’s Kitchen in Paarl for its professional delivery of a Fruitcake, to publicise its charity drive to sell 1200 Festive Fruitcakes, to support disadvantaged children in Paarl, and frail and disadvantaged elderly persons in Montagu. Not only did I receive a Fruitcake, but the goodie box contained the non-perishable ingredients which one would use to bake a Fruitcake too. In addition, a recipe card was sent to bake a Fruitcake, as well as tips on how to store and serve a Fruitcake. The most professional presentation which I have seen in a long time, and all for a good cause. Continue reading →

Corona Virus: Lockdown Journey Journal, Day 22 of Level 1, 12 October 2020.:

 

Monday 12 October 2020, Day 22 of Level 1, Day 200 of Lockdown 😷

Corona Gratitude 🙏

#Grateful for surviving 200 days of Lockdown, the ‘new normal’ of our life; for a beautiful sunny 22C day; for a hardworking writing morning; for harvesting my first cauliflower, and more parsley and nasturtiums, from my Vegetable garden; for a peaceful walk through Camps Bay, noticing only three new car guards today (they take Mondays off, but they forgot to tell us locals, and so all the illegal car guards are back); for posting my SwitchBitch Book 1 to Marianne Busche in Johannesburg via the Aramex courier service at Pick n Pay 🙏; for a second walk through Bakoven; for a chat with Officer Ivor Ramsay at Law Enforcement about persons selling insurance policies on the pavement at the Promenade, which is not allowed; for such a calm ocean; for dancing to Kfm 💃; and for being happy and healthy. 🙏💙 Continue reading →