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fermentedphil (77)in #philosophy • 18 days ago
I Am Failing to Keep My End of the Bargain ...
It is not often that I write about my writings on Hive. It is even less often that I write about my life beyond what I already share. Yesterday, I told my father that if I…
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fermentedphil (77)in BEER • 21 days ago
One Good and One Not so Good – Two IPAs for #BeerSaturday
Life always comes in two, good or bad. There are grey areas, but when you drink a beer, it is always either good, or bad. Life is too short to drink bad beer, and there are…
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fermentedphil (77)in Hive Book Club • 23 days ago
The Child of God by Cormac McCarthy | A Fermented Book Review
Maybe sometimes a book is best left unread... I enjoy really horrific books. I started reading Stephen King when I was about 15 and I read his Under the Dome when…
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fermentedphil (77)in #philosophy • last month
Apparently I am a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Now...
I was asked to come back into the hallroom (or more specifically the MS Teams meeting link where I just defended my PhD). " It is with great pleasure that we can now call you…
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fermentedphil (77)in BEER • last month
Three Heavy Beers From OC Brewery for #BeerSaturday
It is not everyday that you can treat yourself with some heavy imperial styled beers. It is not often that breweries attempt these brews, and even less do they sell them at local…
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fermentedphil (77)in #philosophy • last month
What Even is This World?
I am stuck in a strange feedback loop where what goes in does not translate to what comes out, but I am addicted to this strangeness. Yet this strangeness is not alterity…
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fermentedphil (77)in Feathered Friends • last month
A Fruity Feast in the Mountains
As we started our hike into the mountains, I saw a couple of birds feasting on pieces of ripe fruit hanging from the abundance of trees that was on our path. I was immediately…
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fermentedphil (77)in Hive Book Club • last month
The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki | A Fermented Book Review
i am at once lost in form and emptiness a world devoid of the structure that i so yearn to capture I don't often impulse buy books. Not because I do not have the…
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fermentedphil (77)Philosophical-Photographerin Photography Lovers • last month
"Violent Playfulness" - A Series of Photographs of Dogs Playing
It seems that everywhere we go, there are dogs. The world has become overpopulated by dogs (in a good way I think). Nonetheless, we stayed at a local place for a couple of days…
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fermentedphil (77)in BEER • last month
Four IPAs to Keep the Stress Away for #BeerSaturday
I am starting to stress for my oral defence for my PhD. So, what better way to get away from the stress than drinking some wonderful IPAs, especially one called "the graduate"…
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fermentedphil (77)in #philosophy • last month
Have I Taken On Too Much? - Diary of a Struggling Philosopher
Saying no is an artform that I have not yet mastered. On a regular basis, I receive CFAs and CFPs. In academia, these are call for abstracts and call for papers, which simply are…
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fermentedphil (77)in BEER • 2 months ago
Time for Two Stout Beers for #BeerSaturday
There is nothing quite like the first taste of a really good stout. Even if a stout is not the best, it is still a good beer. The complexity of these dark beers just leans toward…
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fermentedphil (77)Philosophical-Photographerin Photography Lovers • 2 months ago
Some King Proteas: A Series of Photographs and Musings
It is not that often that everything in the universe aligns. Sometimes you just stumble upon something with the perfect lighting that just begs to be photographed. I think as a…
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fermentedphil (77)in Feathered Friends • 2 months ago
Glimpses of the Everyday: A Weaver and a Common Sparrow
We are saturated with everydayness all around us. Never ask a fish, they say, to think about the water in which it swims. Or something like that. The same goes for us humans that…
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fermentedphil (77)in BEER • 2 months ago
The Strange Phenomena of Blonde Ales in South Africa - Three Blondes for #BeerSaturday
Maybe I am the one at fault here, comparing every single Blonde ale that crosses my road with Leffe blonde or other Belgian blondes that I have drunk. I am convinced that I am…
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fermentedphil (77)Philosophical-Photographerin Photography Lovers • 2 months ago
A Girl in a Dress – A Series of Photographs
she wore a dress that reminded me of the mountains a type of mourning but not of a loved one that was laid to rest but of the beauty against which I could see her…
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fermentedphil (77)in Worldmappin • 2 months ago
From Graves to Caves: Hiking to Cathedral Cave in Clarens, Free State, South Africa
For my fiancé’s 21st birthday, we planned a special hike deep in the mountains of Clarens , in the Free State, South Africa. It was a hike that she really wanted to do for…
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fermentedphil (77)in Feathered Friends • 2 months ago
A Mousebird Family and a Shrike Silhouette
We went for an afternoon walk down by the ocean walkway – a big stretch of indigenous fynbos plants that the birds love to visit. We walked there every afternoon for a while and…
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fermentedphil (77)in Hive Book Club • 2 months ago
Marcien Towa’s African Philosophy: Two Text Translated by Tsenay Serequeberhan | Fermented Book Review
I stood in the bookshop, and I saw a small thin book on sale. I saw the name “Serequeberhan”, and my heart began beating faster because I know how expensive these books are. I…
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fermentedphil (77)Philosophical-Photographerin Photography Lovers • 2 months ago
The Smallest Pizza Shop (In Johannesburg) – A Series of Photographs
We stopped for something to eat. We did not realise that it would be the smallest pizza shop we have ever seen. As we climbed out of the car, we started to look for the…
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