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The lonely pinacle
My roughneck cousins rolled on the ground holding their stomachs with laughter at the sight of me, wailing pitifully, caught in the midst...
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leon gork tour guide
- Jan 17
- 4 min
Leon Saves the Day
A story of pure fiction. The attack was over in seconds. The grimace turned into a relieved smile as Leon waited on the pitch to hit the...
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leon gork tour guide
- Oct 22, 2022
- 5 min
My Father's Story
Note: I have put the story in my father’s mouth, as I believe he would have told it, had he been able. We had a child, a son, and wanted...
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leon gork tour guide
- May 27, 2022
- 4 min
Back to school
"Put your child back in school", my old uncle Louie, looking through half-shut eyes, filled with smoke, hurled this command, at his...
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leon gork tour guide
- May 15, 2022
- 4 min
Choosing the right path in life
In the eyes of my parents, I was a strange boy. When vacation time came around I was out looking for work while my friends sunbathed at...
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leon gork tour guide
- May 14, 2022
- 5 min
Meeting disappointments head on
I'd started with a bag full of marbles and ended with two. I kicked my feet against the wall, shifting my last two glass pebbles from one...
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leon gork tour guide
- Mar 11, 2022
- 3 min
Insult can bring understanding
Once again an insult brought me self-understanding, the most important achievement of a human being. I had handed my iPhone with the...
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leon gork tour guide
- Mar 10, 2022
- 2 min
The Cemetery
There they lie. The earliest inhabitants of Krugersdorp and the latest, row after row of black granite stones with names and dates carved...
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leon gork tour guide
- Sep 25, 2021
- 2 min
The Tree
For man is a tree of the field. I walked away from my apartment, in the predawn darkness. I could pat myself on the back, because I had...
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leon gork tour guide
- Sep 24, 2021
- 1 min
My Succah
With the bamboo covering, my Succah was ready for guests. The list was very long, and they had been invited many centuries ago. The size...
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leon gork tour guide
- Aug 29, 2021
- 4 min
What made me become a Hebrew Teacher
My love for Hebrew was certainly aroused by my feelings of affection for two teachers in the first years of school, Mrs. Kobrin and Rev....
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leon gork tour guide
- Aug 15, 2021
- 5 min
My Life 3 Learning and Wits University
I passed Matric. Successful me, from now on smooth sailing, the world at my feet, like a sweet apple waiting for me to take a bite. No...
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leon gork tour guide
- Aug 10, 2021
- 2 min
My Life Matriculation
The story of my life in Krugersdorp continues. In the last episode , The Plumber, you left me standing open mouthed in my uncle Louie's...
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leon gork tour guide
- Aug 1, 2021
- 3 min
Encounter in the train
I let her walk out of my life. Now her memory is in my mind forever. That was in about 1964. I even remember that it was in September or...
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leon gork tour guide
- Jul 30, 2021
- 2 min
Dudu (David) the puncturemacher.
Thousands of kilometres and I’d never had a puncture, thanks to Eli. He’d checked my tyres for donkeys years. One day his mother died....
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leon gork tour guide
- Jul 30, 2021
- 4 min
The Nike Cap
The Nike cap. Leon’s anger had been simmering for a long time, threatening to erupt each time Robbie annoyed him. Robbie never knew Leon...
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leon gork tour guide
- Jun 24, 2021
- 2 min
Listening to the conversation
I could only assume from the look on the faces of my wife and children that they were saying something interesting to each other. We were...
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leon gork tour guide
- Jun 24, 2021
- 2 min
Covid Insight
Life was slowly returning to normal, after a year of lockdowns, wearing masks, not meeting with large groups of people. Each day Etti was...
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leon gork tour guide
- Nov 24, 2020
- 2 min
Covid Times
For Etti and I, Covid means being at home together for a long time. There’s no work to go to for either of us. We have a fair division of la
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leon gork tour guide
- Nov 21, 2020
- 5 min
Petah Tikvah Memorial Park
Bring me Cappuccino (hafuch in Hebrew). He lowered his mask, put the opening of the cover to his lips, no coffee came out.
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