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Charl Folscher
Apr 11, 20202 min read
The Lockdown Project - Day 16 - Star Trek, the future and sixteen blog posts
I went to sleep way too late last night binging on Star Trek and this morning woke up to some crazy hay fever hammering my nose and eyes....
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Charl Folscher
Apr 10, 20203 min read
The Lockdown Project - Day 15 - Good Friday distractions, Twitter and punching Christians
So here we are friends. It is Good Friday at home, during an unprecedented time in our history and for me the only thing that provides...
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Charl Folscher
Apr 9, 20202 min read
The Lockdown Project - Day 14 - Airplanes, boring objects and sandcastles
After we get through this pandemic I know travel and especially world travel will never be the same. Globalization would’ve had a...
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Charl Folscher
Apr 8, 20201 min read
The Lockdown Project - Day 13 - Grace, period.
In a time of worry, anxiety, stress, pain, suffering and anger I see these lights of beauty shining in the darkness. People who decide to...
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Charl Folscher
Apr 7, 20203 min read
The Lockdown Project - Day 12 - Populism, Schalk Bezuidenhout and Star Trek
It was fascinating how quickly the hot topics in politics took a backseat in people’s minds when we were faced with something as...
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Charl Folscher
Apr 6, 20203 min read
The Lockdown Project - Day 11 - Winter is coming, writing an album and training apps
It is suddenly winter outside my window. Rain, wind and cold are all working together to make me want to chill out with a book or Netflix...
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Charl Folscher
Apr 6, 20205 min read
The Lockdown Project - Day 10 - Taking the slower route, slide film and the shirt I got stabbed in
In my last year living in London my daily commute also became one of my favourite aspects of living in the city. Instead of using the...
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Charl Folscher
Apr 4, 20202 min read
The Lockdown Project - Day 9 - The irony, online church, Easter and Cyril
I have to laugh a little at the irony. I have heard many a pastor, young and old decry the woes of social media quite vehemently and...
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Charl Folscher
Apr 3, 20202 min read
The Lockdown Project - Day 8 - Creativity, the mundane and just walking around your house
For a creative the global lockdown can be a freeing experience or a stifling one, or both. It all depends on what you want to create....
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Charl Folscher
Apr 2, 20202 min read
The Lockdown Project - Day 7 - Angst, protectionism and a fart
Today I am feeling the unrest in the world and not just seeing it. With reports of police and army overreach and harming of South African...
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Charl Folscher
Apr 1, 20203 min read
The Lockdown Project - Fear, a knife stabbing and walking the road home
I remember the day Elize told me we were going to have a baby like it was yesterday. I was barely awake when she surprised me with the...
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Charl Folscher
Apr 1, 20202 min read
The Lockdown Project - Day 5 - Late night rambling, just starting and wanting to live in van
It’s day 5 of the South African lockdown and the Folscher spaceship is doing well. We are finding a good rhythm to this whole don’t leave...
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Charl Folscher
Mar 30, 20202 min read
The Lockdown Project - Day 4 - Quasi Prophets, Job and other delightful things
I am a follower of Jesus and reluctantly also call myself Christian. Although the term just simply and beautifully means follower of...
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Charl Folscher
Mar 30, 20202 min read
The Lockdown Project - Day 3 - Breaking the Moan-o-Meter (imported from Tumblr)
Let me vent for a bit, just let me. Please. People who get upset and question the lockdowns and even take the government to court, just...
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Charl Folscher
Mar 30, 20202 min read
The Lockdown Project - Day 2 - Spaceships (imported from Tumblr)
I love science fiction but I am particular about it. The genre covers a wide range of stories and although I am not difficult to please...
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Charl Folscher
Mar 30, 20202 min read
The Lockdown Project - Day 1 (imported from Tumblr)
Day 1 is almost in the bag and for some reason, it has been rather filled with anxiety, at least a little more than usual. We are locked...
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Charl Folscher
Mar 30, 20202 min read
Here We Go (Almost time for lockdown)
It is almost time for the dreaded and very weird time of lockdown in South Africa, following suit with many other countries during this...
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