Column
Marla Sink Druzgal
- Saying Goodbye to the Supersized American PassportRumors reached me earlier this year that the “big, fat, American passport” would be no more. I love reaching for my passport and feeling the heft of extra pages, filled…Read more
- Go For The Flowers, Stay For The Ghost: West Coast National Park, South AfricaJust after dark I heard the first scream. It was distant, barely there, drifting in through the cottage window, mingling with the sound of wind and ocean. “It’s just the…Read more
- The Way I Tour South AfricaI’m a literary junkie. Whenever I want to visit a new country, I try to read a lot of books written by authors who are from there, lived there, or…Read more
- Christmas Birds In South AfricaIt’s strange to pair the usual commercial Christmas characters with a summertime holiday. Polar bears, reindeer, and a jolly old man in a heavy, woolen red suit just doesn’t feel…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 and a little more than hurt to hear…Read more
- There Is No Man In The Moon In South Africa2014 saw its final supermoon of the year. A “supermoon” of course, is when a full moon, or new moon, happens at the same time the moon is closest to…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 coffee shop was quick to douse my excitement…Read more
- The New “Normal” Is Really Kinda StrangeI’m an American living in South Africa, writing this month’s column to you from France, before flying to Africa again with a layover in Addis Ababa. I love travel, but…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 pontoon boat for our trip through the Blyde…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 as Kurt swerved quickly to the right, briefly…Read more