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Another story

Posted on 30 May 2013 by

Gloria is a Xhosa woman who comes to our house on Wednesdays to do some extra cleaning and ironing. She’s painfully shy, intensely god-fearing and scarily hard-working. Which means she doesn’t say much, she is sometimes fasting when she comes … Continue reading →

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Diary of a pregnancy – part I

Posted on 29 May 2013 by

Mid-December. Roughly 3 weeks: Wedding. Not aware that I’m pregnant. Top button pops off my wedding dress, and there are some flattering comments about cleavage. We put this down to my wonderful dressmaker. Few days later. Roughly 3 1/2 weeks: … Continue reading →

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Reflecting on Mike van Graan’s analysis of the Oscar Pistorius case and the South African psyche

Posted on 20 February 2013 by

The multiply horrendous tragedy of Oscar Pistorius and Reeva Steenkamp. Where does one start? Despite myself, I’ve been gripped by the unfolding of this terrible case, along with the rest of the country, the rest of the world. I  knew … Continue reading →

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Hi, my name’s Lisa and improv changed my life

Posted on 7 February 2013 by

I was six years old when I watched some other kids do a little dramatisation of The Town and the Country Mouse at our school, in furry costumes, with face paint. I watched in complete rage and upsetment. I DID NOT want to … Continue reading →

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Reflections after a wedding

Posted on 20 December 2012 by

I never expected to meet someone I wanted to marry, let alone for anyone to want to marry me. Never dreamt of the big day, and (to be honest) thought it was kind of weird that so many girls did. … Continue reading →

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What Kolya said

Posted on 13 June 2012 by

me: What colours are the rabbits? K: (pointing to white rabbit) This one is white… (pointing to brown rabbit) this one is brown… (pointing to dark grey rabbit) this one is dark gross.

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What Kolya said

Posted on 7 June 2012 by

“Today is a day of my life. And no one must icksturb me ever on a day of my life.” “Mom, you know you must never compovise.”    

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What school are you sending him to?

Posted on 25 March 2012 by

One of the worst things about being a parent is the ubiqitous “What school are you sending your child to?” question. It starts when your child is around 3 months old (I kid you not), and it doesn’t let up … Continue reading →

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Passion fruit

Posted on 15 March 2012 by

Two years ago, when Kolya and I moved to this house, we received a housewarming gift of a little granadilla plant. It was about 30 cm high, and had a little card attached that said “Here is a passion fruit … Continue reading →

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SA4QE 2012

Posted on 4 February 2012 by

Yellow paper day today. Along with the dream life there is the life of ideas and half-ideas, of glimmerings and flashes and indescribable atmospheres of the mind. What we actually do in what is called the real world depends largely … Continue reading →

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