One of Jenty’s recent posts inspired me to pay attention to my blog again. She is sad one of her really good friends is emigrating to New Zealand very soon. I’ve emigrated twice, first from South Africa to the UK and then from the UK to the USA. Ten years ago last month, Jenty said [...]
Posts Tagged ‘south africa’
Too Many Gaps – Too Much Hurting
Posted in sa, tagged emigration, homesickness, south africa, UK on April 24, 2009 | 3 Comments »
US Election Day vs 1994 SA Election Day
Posted in elections, pagan, sa, tagged 1994 SA Elections, ANC, Mandela, national party, obama, south africa, south african elections, US Elections, voting apathy on November 4, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Today is a day that will go down in history across the world. In case you missed it (as if!), today is the US Election Day, a culmination of an historic electoral process, and possibly the day the US gets their first black president. Wow! I feel truly privileged to be alive in these times [...]
Rest in Peace
Posted in sa, tagged birthday, car-jacking, crime, death, murder, south africa, spirit protector, wedding on September 3, 2008 | 6 Comments »
Today my heart is sore. Last night South African crime claimed it’s first victim from my family. Many of my close friends and family members have been victimized by criminals in South Africa over the last few years: My mom was car-jacked and held at gun point. Luckily she escaped with her life, purse-less and [...]
Cry, The Beloved Country
Posted in sa, tagged apartheid, cry the beloved country, movies, south africa on August 19, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Cry, the beloved country, for the unborn child that is the inheritor of our fear. Let him not love the earth too deeply. Let him not laugh too gladly when the water runs through his fingers, nor stand too silent when the setting sun makes red the veld with fire. Let him not be too [...]
Africa Weeps
Posted in sa, work, tagged apartheid, guilt, karma, paintings, south africa on July 27, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Sue’s Arty Farty Musings is a blog I follow on my RSS reader and although I don’t always have time to delve into it, I found I had some time this peaceful Sunday morning. Her latest work, ‘Africa Weeping‘ is AWESOME! Check it out. I want me some If I could afford it, that [...]
The State of South African Politics
Posted in sa, tagged south africa on January 15, 2008 | 2 Comments »
… is crazy and very sad right now. This is an awesome account of the current craziness. I worry about my friends and family left behind.
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