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Posted August 21, 2022: The southern and northern edges of countries, regions, and continents have always intrigued me. Perhaps because I grew up on the northern border of the US, which was, of course Canada’s ‘deep south.’ For some unknown reason I found that fascinating—how could my cold home be anybody’s southland (after all, in my so-far short and mostly untraveled life, all information came from books and they told me places… Read More
Posted August 19, 2022: I need a reason to post more photos, so let me share a little more of Johannesburg and Cape Town. As I’ve written before, our Johannesburg arrival was traumatic (well, only for me I guess) but a few nice things happened in our time there. We were in a fancy suburb which wasn’t the plan, but, you know…there’s always a good side. Turns out one of Sara’s favorite… Read More
Posted June 25, 2022: Sara and Celia are sleeping. I think Sara was up late with her first look at a TV in nearly a month. She’s actually not much of a TV person, mostly alternating between her real and iPhone lives, but I think the lure of a separate (from her kindly but not-always-exciting companions) living room comprised of windows overlooking Cape Town—Table Mountain and Lion’s Head in the background—and the… Read More
There is a period in any lengthy trip when you miss work. Really. That wonderfully simple yet complex undertaking of getting up and going to work. Which is, after all, the act that lends structure to most of our lives most of the time. Obviously I am speaking for the many of us with meaningful, challenging and/or agreeable jobs—not for the billions who head off to long days at someplace comparable to… Read More
The prize is a book of your choice at Clarke’s Bookshop just down Long Street from our hotel. Or maybe a Devils Peak ‘Kings Blockhouse’ IPA at the pub next door (I’m looking out for you, Scott). Photos from an earlier trip to Cape Town. Here’s the issue. I’m going to be writing many posts about and during this trip and I should be able to refer to it in a more… Read More