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Tag Archives: Chess
Biggest Things This Year
Monday Dear Elsie, The highlight of the day was David coming up to talk about his weekend and his chess channel. As he was away with friends over the weekend, he wasn’t constantly glued to his phone watching his channel … Continue reading
David’s Chess Video Went Viral
Friday Dear Elsie Yesterday David had a chess video that went viral. We were so excited to see this unfold. For two weeks he had laboriously live-streamed the World Chess championship. It ended in dramatic & unexpected fashion yesterday afternoon … Continue reading
Posted in Day to Day Blogs
Tagged Chess, Christmas 2024, Gukesh and Ding, World Chess Championships 2024
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A Lot of Prayer Today
Monday Dear Elsie Today was the day I prayed a lot for my friend Deborah vZ who had a (benign) brain tumour removed. The surgery was long and slow. She went into theatre just after 8am. By 4pm, the surgeon … Continue reading
Posted in Day to Day Blogs
Tagged Chess, False Bay views, Fish Hoek Beach, Fish Hoek sunrise, Gukesh and Ding, World Chess Championships 2024
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Family Weekend
Friday Dear Elsie Today was the day you came to visit! I have thought of what to do this weekend for a long time. I pondered if we should go away for it, but then thought that wasn’t necessary if … Continue reading
Posted in Day to Day Blogs
Tagged Birthday, Chess, David, Family time
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Mike’s Birthday Eve
Tuesday Dear Elsie Today is Granpa’s Birthday Eve! Tomorrow is his birthday. I got him a very exciting birthday present (thanks to your Mom who suggested it). He knows what he is getting (a tablet) but he doesn’t know what … Continue reading
Blog Notifications Going Out Again
Monday Dear Elsie Today is the day your clever Dad updated my blog site and all the missing notifications got unplugged and sent off to recipients. Valerie-Gail was the first to tell me they were missing. She sent me a … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Day to Day Blogs
Tagged Chess, Helga's Blog, Watership Down
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Pasttimes
Tuesday Dear Elsie One of the things you and your Mom love doing is puzzles and the bug has bitten me too. The puzzle I started has grown. The pink, red and orange are done. The other thing I like … Continue reading
Shark Siren Went Off
Tuesday Dear Elsie Today was the day we went to the beach for a swim. It was great to be back in the water, which is warming up. I swam for about half an hour and then warmed up in … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Building a house on a mountainside, Day to Day Blogs
Tagged Building a house on a mountainside, Chess, Fish Hoek Shark Nets, Shark siren
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Cats & the Gecko
Monday Dear Elsie Today was a good day for you! You got a special treats for doing so well at school and you were beyond excited! We are all so proud of you. Back at our house, I had a … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Day to Day Blogs
Tagged Cats, Chess, Claw'd and Raiku, David, gecko
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If You Have a Cat, Get One of These
Wednesday Dear Elsie Today was the day there were riots in Swellendam! What I heard on the news is if you stayed in an informal settlement you automatically got an indigent subsidy. Then the Council instituted a new policy which … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Day to Day Blogs, Living on Fish Hoek mountainside
Tagged Cat entertainment, Chess, David, Swellendam
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Snow!
Monday Dear Elsie Today was the day you made spring rolls! So many fun things to learn. You have got so tall. This morning I got up quite early and went down to the Seaview Apartment to get the linen … Continue reading
Pajama Day
Saturday Dear Elsie Today was a pajama day for me. I spent the entire day in my pajamas with the exception of showering, after which I got back into them. An ideal day then. The highlight was of course, speaking … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Day to Day Blogs, Living on Fish Hoek mountainside
Tagged Chess, Fish Hoek winter, flowers, Weekend
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A Numbers Day
Thursday Dear Elsie Today was the day you sat down and wrote out 1-99. You got up to 57 and then said your brain was tired. But then, after your brain recovered, you sat down all by yourself and following … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Day to Day Blogs
Tagged Building walls with rocks, Chess, David, Fish Hoek sunrise
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Mike’s Best Move
Monday Today was the day… …that dawned with lots of wind. It was an easy decision not to go to the beach for a swim. I got straight to work early and as a result worked more than 8 hours. … Continue reading
Posted in Day to Day Blogs, Living on Fish Hoek mountainside
Tagged Chess, Courage
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Father’s Day Chess
Sunday Today was the day… We celebrated Father’s Day. David came in to wish Mike and then disappeared off to catch up on some sleep. We went to the beach in full winter kit. The water wasn’t too bad, but … Continue reading
Posted in Apartment living, Day to Day Blogs, Living on Fish Hoek mountainside
Tagged Chess, David, Father's Day, Mike
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