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Slow down, you move too fast!

May 9, 2021May 8, 2021 ~ Elmien du Plessis

Every now and again, and often most unexpectedly, I have a conversation with a person that changes my perspective on things and alters my ways of doing things. Recently, when I phoned the professor who taught me property law to ask a question about, well, property law, this magical side conversation happened. The legal question … Continue reading Slow down, you move too fast!

Hoe moet ek Auschwitz aan my kinders verduidelik?

January 27, 2021 ~ Elmien du Plessis

Twee jaar terug het ek (toevallig) Auschwitz besoek. Dis ’n dag wat ek nie sal vergeet nie. En ek weet nog nie hoe om met my (half-duitse) kinders daaroor te praat nie. Maar dalk is dié skrywe ’n begin.

Tsundoku of history

August 12, 2020 ~ Elmien du Plessis ~ Leave a comment

On the art of piling up books to read one day, and the comfort (and sometimes discomfort) it brings.

Should we follow rules we don’t agree with?

June 18, 2020August 10, 2020 ~ Elmien du Plessis

What do we do if we don't agree with rules or laws? Do we follow them? Or do we break them? And is it ok?

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