Greetings you all! It’s Wednesday and we are ever so grateful that it’s not last week Wednesday. We are not feeling like our normal, perky, quirky self yet, but at least the situation in our beautiful country is more peaceful and quite today.
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Since Friday, there haven’t been any more riots or looting and clean-up operations are still ongoing across the country. The most amazing thing, is that clean up is being orchestrated by the average man on the street. Men and women of all races, sizes and colors come together to clean up our streets. These actions bring me today’s Wondrous Word:
A new video has emerged in which a South African woman points out the irony of the only outlet in a shopping mall remaining completely untouched by looters being a bookstore.
After showing electronics and clothing stores that have been completely cleaned out, the video cuts to a book shop that looks totally pristine.
“The bookstore is completely untouched, this is ridiculous, I’m not even making this up,” the woman remarks.
To "hoop" seems to be the most important lifeline. 🙂 Thanks for sharing this beautiful word.
Hi Lex. Most definitely yes. Without hope we have no faith or trust in the day of tomorrow. So yes, we hang on to it!
I'm so glad you shared an Afrikaan word! I know so little of the language and I'm fascinated by it. I'm so hoping for peace to come to your country soon. I hope you and yours are staying safe and sane.
Hi Katherine! I need to do it more often. We have such an interesting and mix-and-match language!
That is good about the book store, but sad about everything else.
Like I've said – a fun fact! Sad indeed.
Hoop is a dutch word as well, it's always interesting how some words in Afrikaans are the same as in dutch, but others are completely different. It sure is a good word for this week. I hope things improve in your country soon!
Hi there Lola! Yes! It is a Dutch word! As you know, we have many words in Afrikaans adapted from Dutch. I love my mixed-up language for sure!
Things have been mainly calm and peaceful this week, but the repercussions are starting to hit now.
I will continue to pray for peace in your country, my friend. We've had this kind of thing here for the last four years and it's awful.
Have a blessed day. ♥
People really are a lot like cats. We fight about the silliest little things and hiss and growl at each other as if our lives depend on it. We should be more like dogs and just love our kitties for what they are!
Have no words.
Can only hope that the violence ends.
Hi my friend, we had a week of peace and quiet, but raising Covid numbers and very cold weather. Strange times in deed.
I feel very sad for you and your country, Mareli. The violence, the looting—it's inexplicable to me. It's at times like these that I think my optimism about the world is deeply misplaced. I thank you for sharing these moments of hope amid the violence. I have to remind myself that it is not everyone, that it's not even a majority of people, who are acting out in violent ways. The piano player offers a lot of hope to me as does the untouched bookstore.
Hi there Debbie. I also have misplaced optimism about the world, but don't necessarily want to change it. However, when bad things like the previous week happens, it affects me greatly.
No, it's not everyone and it wasn't everyone either. It mainly started with one ethnical group and centered with them. But the destruction is felt by everyone from all other ethnical groups, colors or race.