A catalogue of all of my recipes and short descriptions; from traditional South African recipes, to my own experiments.

For the last 9 years, posting on Hive was almost a daily ritual. If I did not post, I was busy curating what to post, writing posts in various word documents, or going out, taking photographs, drinking

The landscape has changed. The fields are planted with different crops, fruits, and labour. Once the slogan read, publish or perish; now, it is closer to publish and perish. The landscape has too many

I am not sure if I understand, or agree, with this obsession with understanding. Our world is structured in such a way that anything can instantly be understood - or so they allude. Understanding is a

It never happens in such a manner that you can directly observe it. It always happens as a slow unraveling ... There is no single point, no direct indication of "This is where it happened". There

It feels like a constant and consistent falling into nothingness, but then, every now and then, you are reminded of the feeling of falling. For when you never get jolted or bumped out of the rhythm, you

The most perfect of lies caught up in an infinite loop of its own web, a connectedness that cannot be explained by the preceding or of what to come; a randomness that cannot be untangled. A lie that reproduces

I have been on Hive from the start, and my 9th Hive Birthday is around the corner. For almost 10 years, I have been using Hive almost on a daily basis. It shaped my days; from planning writing sessions

It was a cold and miserable day. It was a day that you just wanted to take a book and curl up in bed. But we were out and about, because we were travelling, and some bad weather would not bother us. Close

There is an idea, if it comes from Maurice Merleau-Ponty or from Hans-Georg Gadamer I am not sure, that simply states: unity-in-difference. The African philosophy of ubuntu for some scholars hold a similar

After visiting the Tsitsikamma brewery, I had to try their other beers. I bought three of their beers, a normal ale, dark ale, and a grapefruit ale. These were three vastly different beers, and I had to

We planned the trip down toward Kayak & Lilo Adventures in the Tsitsikamma National Park for a couple of weeks, if not months. It was something my then fiance, now wife, had been wanting to do for

It sounds like a fable or fantasy. A gull and a starling visits. A gull and a starling visits the pub... or a restaurant... Or gull and a starling tells a joke to the philosopher. But this was not the

We were driving with much anticipation, both to what was about to come, and where we stayed. As we drove through what seemed like a north America forest road, we found the boards: Kayak and Lilo, and

It is funny (and scary) how quick we become desensitized to the macabre, abject, and strange. Before this moment of desensitization, the slightest trace of horror might upset one. But after the moment

Tucked away in the Stormsrivier forest, the small micro brewery feels like a slice of heaven, especially after a long day. We were driving for a while now, getting the roadtrip under way, and we saw the

I found her walking up a flight of stairs that seemed to lead straight up to heaven yet I only saw in front of me a valley of desolation She was walking up a flight of stairs. I thought she might ascend

I have a tendency to go on hikes with only my flip-flops - not even proper sandals. This hike was more steps than track, but in the end, the views (as always) was amazing. After spending some time in the

They say it does not matter how many times you fall but rather how many times you get up. I have tried to get back into writing so many times now and I just cannot manage to find the motivation. Even my

I have dreamt about being a published author. I have dreamt about being a writer. These have always driven me to write, to produce words, images, concepts, and dreamworlds. From an early age, I have always

I am not sure if I am writing this for myself or others. Reassurance perhaps? I am not sure. But while I am falling from the face of the earth, the views are amazing. It reminds me of a Douglas Adams title,