Saying Goodbye to the Supersized American Passport
Rumors reached me earlier this year that the “big, fat, American passport” would be no more. I love reaching for my passport…
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Go For The Flowers, Stay For The Ghost: West Coast National Park, South Africa
Just after dark I heard the first scream. It was distant, barely there, drifting in through the cottage window, mingling with the…
Read more →The Way I Tour South Africa
I’m a literary junkie. Whenever I want to visit a new country, I try to read a lot of books written by…
Read more →Christmas Birds In South Africa
It’s strange to pair the usual commercial Christmas characters with a summertime holiday. Polar bears, reindeer, and a jolly old man in…
Read more →It Must Be Nice Being An Expat Wife In South Africa
“It must be nice being an expat wife. I mean, you get to have like a 2-year vacation, huh?” I was surprised…
Read more →There Is No Man In The Moon In South Africa
2014 saw its final supermoon of the year. A “supermoon” of course, is when a full moon, or new moon, happens at…
Read more →The Whales At Bientang’s Cave, Hermanus
“Good luck seeing any whales in November. You know whale season is basically over by then, right?” An acquaintance at a Pretoria…
Read more →The New “Normal” Is Really Kinda Strange
I’m an American living in South Africa, writing this month’s column to you from France, before flying to Africa again with a…
Read more →Crocodiles, Hippos…And Bilharzia In South Africa?
“What’s bil-har-zia?” my older nephew asks me, enunciating slowly and pronouncing it perfectly. I am walking ahead of him to board the…
Read more →Mpumalanga Potholes In South Africa
“Look out!” I braced against the dashboard with my right hand and held firmly to the passenger door handle with my left…
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