Marilda's Blog

Are we Trapped birds? Marilda Wiegand  The other day I noticed a tiny little Long Billed Crombec bird that was sitting in the top of the rafters of the thatch of the roof. The room is large and open with doors on 2 sides that slide open completely. And yet this little...

I woke up before sunrise this morning. At first, I was irritated to be awake as I was still tired. Alas… I wasn’t going back to sleep as my head started running away with me as soon as my eyes popped open. I already decided I’m going offline this weekend, so maybe...

“I’m not sure if you realise, but every time you open your mouth a key comes out” While sitting in her mother’s kitchen after a very successful food demonstration and Heritage Day celebration, Claudia Thage and her sister Cindy from @Sistaskitchenrescue and I were...

Yesterday I met with the Ngunghunyani Dancers from Lulekani a village near Phalaborwa in South Africa.  I was asked to come as they needed some things very badly and didn’t know how to get them. As we sat outside in the shade of Jeffrey’s house, we needed a translator...

During the 2021 Christmas break, I was watching Marius Swart use a grinder. This is a piece of machinery that clearly needs some level of skill to cut through metal, cement, and other surfaces. I asked him who taught him to operate a grinder and he replied that he...

This morning I had a virtual coaching session scheduled with a client.  When we started, he warned me that they were experiencing a hectic thunderstorm and that he might have a power out. We decided to push ahead and continue the session with the thunder rumbling in...

“Passion is not a plan, it’s a feeling, and feelings change” - Terri Trespicio This quote out of one of Terri’s TED Talks has been simmering for weeks. It reminded me of how I’ve always been a little bit jealous of people who have an absolute crystal-clear knowledge...

If you’ve had a chance to read My Journey to kickstarting my WHY and How to kickstart yourself in these COVID Times you’ve got an idea of how my head works. (“Good luck with that: “my husband would say!) My thoughts are that if you understand your own WHY better and...

Over the last couple of months, I’ve often found myself saying more and more that the world will never be the same again. This past week I learnt in various ways just how much things have already changed. Chatting to some young people whose jobs have been severely...

If you’ve had a chance to read My Journey to kickstarting my WHY and How to kickstart yourself in these COVID Times you’ve got an idea of how my head works. (“Good luck with that: “my husband would say!) My thoughts are that if you understand your own WHY better and...