The Nutshell
I grew up on a farm in the "Sandveld" region between Piketberg and Velddrif. I had a pretty normal childhood, bedtime stories, playing in the dirt, playing with my dolls, walking in the "veld" with my guardian and best friend at the time Beatie. Beatie was an old lady who never got married and gave her life to my family, raising my father and his sisters and then me and my brothers. She wore Pinafore's, stockings and good leather shoes. She always visited with a big basket, never a suitcase, filled with Smarties, a good night gown, stockings, blouses to wear with her Pinafore and Oil of Olay. She knew every single plant in the "veld", made the best "potbrood" (a bread made in a tin" and told me stories about my grandfather and father every night while I was falling asleep. She was a magical part of my life and I wish she knew how much she meant to us, you kind of don't tell people this enough when they are alive. I have a...