Snippets from Liz at Lancaster
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A winter’s day in the life of Lewis at Lancaster
Posted onThis post is for those guests for whom Lewis is the most important person at the guesthouse and we all know that all cat’s are 4 legged purring people – and royal ones at that. But especially for Milly, for Little Lebo and for Caitlin! by
Read More »Small things that irritate!
Posted onMany of us have similar things that bug us – litter, failing infrastructure, aggressive drivers. Some seem to point to a serious moral bankruptcy and failure of positive core values – competitive conspicuous material consumption; entitlement; food wastage; exploring extra planet habitats when we are ignoring and destroying the current one we have, are but […]
Read More »Learning something new everyday – mostly trivial but not always!
Posted onThe old cliché of “You learn something new everyday” certainly applies to me. Some of this new information is completely impractical and useless but occasionally there is something very useful like … What’s App – the difference between calling and ringing How many time have you phoned somebody on a What’s App voice call and […]
Read More »Monthly colour calendar at Liz at Lancaster and in Jozi suburbs
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Read More »Parkhurst Hardware more than 70 years in business
Posted onFamily business takes on a whole new level of meaning when it comes to Parkhurst Hardware There are many shops in the ‘burbs which have reached institutional status – Parkhurst Hardware is one such. Located on trendy 4th Ave in Parkhurst (obviously) alongside the pavement cafes and eateries where the beautiful people quaff cappuccinos and […]
Read More »A gem of a read
Posted onCry the Beloved Country. What do we do in times like this? Watch the news to keep abreast? Weep for those small businesses and informal traders who have lost everything; for all those who will lose their jobs; for the further disruption of the vaccine roll-out; for the possible shortage of oxygen, essential medications, and […]
Read More »Then and now:79 Lancaster 50 years on
Posted on2021 marks 50 years of Liz’s connection to 79 Lancaster Ave. As a young couple we purchased the house in 1971 from the original owner who had built it in 1948. We gradually altered to accommodate a growing family and then, with changed marital circumstances and children growing up, in 1994 Liz opened the Guesthouse […]
Read More »Loss in the time of Corona
Posted onNobody can argue that Covid has had a massive effect on all parts of the world in 2020 and that life under strict Lockdown was different from the life most of us had been used to. How it affected the world, how governments responded to Covid, and the impact on individuals, is a matter of […]
Read More »How spaces and buildings make and reinforce values
Posted onWits Art History Department in the 1980s Once upon a time a very long time ago, in a past life, I taught History of Art at Wits (for over 20 years). Traditionally art history courses in colonial institutions emphasized western art with some local subject matter included. However, the Art History Department at Wits was […]
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