Will the good men please stand up?
This is a plea to the good men in my life. And there are many: Expedition Africa in Rodrigues is over and we are...
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Aloes move me.
For my friend’s who grew up in RSA and the Eastern Cape (especially those who don’t live here anymore),...
Hope is a doing word
Ironically I suppose, I grew up deep in the rural areas of the former Ciskei, the youngest child of a trader whose...
I am deeply unsettled by the Ms Semenya situation.
Question 1. When you look at this picture, are you overwhelmed with protective sympathy for the blonde woman...
Wild Women 2019
Lucille had been devoting so much time to requesting divine intervention for the WW on the Wallweather, that she...
Wild Woman on the Wall 2019
I have had to delay my Wild Women on the Wall feedback while I allowed my stash of adjectives to replenish itself....
My mom taught us never to look away from people’s pain
The lesson was simple: “Don’t look away. Don’t look down. Don’t pretend not to see hurt. Look people in the...
Some Thoughts on Womandla-ism (for want of a better word)
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie describes herself as “a happy African feminist who does not hate men and who likes...
The Great Running Wilderness
I have been running really far, mostly on trails, for almost 30 years. This is about two thirds of my life. I can’t...