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  • Sins of the Fathers

    Sins of the Fathers

    The mistreatment and abuse of Indigenous children has been in the news this week. In British Columbia’s Interior, the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation has found the remains of 125 children, some as young as 3, on the site of what used to be Canada’s largest residential school.  Built on the territory of the Tk’emlúps te…

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  • Africa Day Blessings

    Africa Day Blessings

    I have had such a gem of a week! And yes I know, since I am pretty much living as a hermit the bar is pretty low on excitement, but this time it was legit pretty fabulous. I entered ‘The Ultimate Africa Giveaway’ competition I saw on Instagram which was launched to celebrate Africa Day…

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  • Flights of Fancy

    Flights of Fancy

    In typical Cape Town fashion the weather turned last Sunday and the sun made an appearance after days of rain and wind. We took advantage of this and Norm set up a workstation for me by the new succulent garden. We planted the large planter the kids gave me for Mother’s day. As well as…

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  • Succulents and Celebrations

    Succulents and Celebrations

    After all of the sad and unhappy things that happened last week, the week ended on a much more positive note. Last Saturday Norm and I decided to go to Dario’s, our fave burger place in Hout Bay for lunch. The sun had finally made an appearance but it was still rather chilly. The patio…

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  • The Fickle Mistress

    The Fickle Mistress

    Cape Town, the Mother City, is such a fickle mistress. Just when you think the weather is cooling off and winter is finally rolling in, we then get a few days of incredibly hot weather, then with no warning at all it turns so cold we have to light the fire. Last weekend was incredibly…

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