Day before yesterday Craig drove out to Potsdam, which is beyond Mdantsane, past NU-18 where the rural areas meet the township. There, he delivered the equipment we collected and got to watch the Mountain Birds practice. The Mountain Birds are [Read More]
I am happy and relieved to report that after nearly two months banished to the Siberia of the PayPal universe, I have been granted a pardon. Friday night began exactly like the 13 nights before it. I was tucked in [Read More]
Last Monday evening I packed up the Mdantsane soccer equipment into the Goodlife duffel and three string bags. Hoisting the whole lot onto my back I made my unsteady way towards the door. As I staggered past the full-length mirror, [Read More]
December 17 Update: The collection period is now over. I would like to thank everyone who contributed to the project. Once the items have been delivered I will post details including photos. We collected: Big thanks to: Noelle Carbone Craig [Read More]
You know the As Seen on TV store, the one that is always in the basement of the mall, at the back between the popcornery and the toilets? This is my future: banishment to a dim shopper’s purgatory, sentenced to [Read More]
Fresh off the interwebs: The Loaves and Fishes Network web site is now donation-enabled for international donors through the use of their very own PayPal button.* This means that you can donate to this extremely worthy organization using your own [Read More]
Wow, I’ve really missed everyone in the past week or so. How are you all? How come you never call any more? I am super stoked to have some things to report on. After my last post I got a [Read More]
…sort of. Part of the challenge of this project was that I tried to write it in real time. While I was away, this meant that I took every second or third day to report on recent events, to catch [Read More]
Evan picks me up at the Johannesburg airport. I’ve got seven hours until my flight leaves for London and he’s decided to drive me to Pretoria, the place where he and Karin went to teacher’s college. Pretoria is one of [Read More]
I wake up early and finish packing. Craig is at work and it’s impossible not to tour the flat at the Kennaway without whispering good-byes. Though the past weeks have been full of jocular assertions that I will return – [Read More]
