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The Concept of Time

Ansie Ehrke — Fri, 06 Jun 2025 07:00:00 +0000

Don’t you think time is a funny concept to grasp? For example, when you are reading this sentence, it is the present but when you reach the end of it, it is the past! And the paragraph below this one is the future! However, within a few seconds, it will become the present and then […]

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Co-Authoring yet another children’s book – Elissy goes to Ghana

Ansie Ehrke — Tue, 17 Nov 2020 05:44:52 +0000

Elissy Goes to Ghana is a book co-authored by Claudia Myrie and Ansie Ehrke. Get it on Amazon now! Elissy loves to travel and this time, her adventure takes her to Ghana! She’s out today with her family to explore the country of Ghana. She’s out on a Safari to see the animals and she […]

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Co-Authoring a children’s book – Elissy’s World

Ansie Ehrke — Mon, 16 Nov 2020 17:00:31 +0000

Elissy’s World – An encounter with Big Ben, is a book co-authored by Claudia Myrie and Ansie Ehrke. Get it on Amazon now! Elissy loves to travel and goes on adventures in the big aeroplane with her mum. She is out today to explore the City of London and learn the magical history of Big […]

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An African Tale

Ansie Ehrke — Sun, 15 Nov 2020 10:34:00 +0000

The African plain lay bare across the earth, exposing its hungry veins. It yearned for water, yearned for the rain to plunder to the dry ground. Only rain would be able to save the greens. The rain was the only answer to make the trees grow and lift to the sky, thanking the gods for […]

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The Thread

Ansie Ehrke — Fri, 13 Nov 2020 18:00:00 +0000

“Amelia, get outta my way!” William slurred with a half-empty bottle of rum in his hand. He pushed Amelia against the wall of their tiny kitchen and stared at her; his alcohol-drenched breath making the tendrils of hair that escaped her ponytail move around her face as if they too, were bracing themselves for what […]

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The Wristwatch

Ansie Ehrke — Thu, 12 Nov 2020 06:00:05 +0000

Gladys walks slowly across the road, carefully avoiding the puddles of rain along the way. The weather is just as grey as her mood. Her heart is heavy with too many burdens. She can barely feed her child and husband. They are behind on rent and Claudia, her daughter, needs new shoes. Choking back tears, […]

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Nurse Angela

Ansie Ehrke — Wed, 10 Jun 2020 21:27:21 +0000

Being a nurse in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts was easy. Being a nurse with borderline personality disorder was not that easy. For Angela, life at the hospital was filled with emotions and sights that made her insides twitch. To cope with these strange sensations she could not quite comprehend herself, she made a habit of silently […]

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Mad Man Max

Ansie Ehrke — Wed, 10 Jun 2020 19:22:23 +0000

Max was just a 35-year-old, single man. There was nothing spectacular about him. He had an ordinary job in an ordinary town. He was very content at his stage of life. That was until the man in the black coat started following him. The office was in its usual Friday afternoon buzz. The weekend was […]

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