I wrote the post (August 10th) which included info on Seeing the Invisible before visiting the exhibition. A friend and I decided on a spontaneous visit yesterday, Thursday – initially a blustery August day which settled into a beautifully warm late winter day. While it is well worth a visit be prepared for some challenges: […]
Read More »Dance of the Dung Beetles by Marcus Byrne and Helen Lunn There is a lot that is special about this book – firstly it’s ‘an entomological page turner’ .. now that’s a first! Increasingly the meeting of art and science is becoming a hot topic in the academic arena and it is the highly unusual […]
Read More »Joburg Places I’ve always been amazed at Gerald Garner’s knowledge and passion for Jozi and most of all by the insightful historical connections he makes. I went on my first tour with Gerald in 2012 when he first started. So it was an immediate “Yes, please” when Landi and Wynand asked if I was interested […]
Read More »Every part of the Johannesburg Holocaust and Genocide Centre speaks to deep discomfort and immeasurable horror but yet the building and the curatorial decisions display sensitivity, intimacy, reflection and contemplation. A quote at the end of the exhibition space sums up the aim of this primarily educational institution: I have told you this story not […]
Read More »Guests sometimes ask ‘Why the acorn logo?’ and ‘Why did you start a B&B?’ In 1994, when I was still teaching at Wits, (I left Wits in 2005), I went to a conference held at North Western University in Chicago. There were some 20 South Africans and we were accommodated in various B&Bs within walking […]
Read More »Bags of ice to save the King Penguins A few weeks back my little grandson was watching David Attenborough’s Our Planet with his Mum. Afterwards, for a good twenty minutes, she had to calm down a heart-broken sobbing little 5 year old. She posted on the family What’s App group: He’s so sad the ice […]
Read More »Did you know? There are lots of ‘did you knows’ when it comes to Gerakaris Winery. Did you know that there was such a thing as garagiste wine? Did you know there are 9 garagiste wineries in Gauteng? And did you know that one of them, Gerakaris Winery, is just down the road from Liz […]
Read More »Cycling along the Braamfontein Spruit Did you know how many “firsts” the Braamfontein Spruit can claim …. At 32 Kms, the Spruit is the longest municipal park in the world (according to the James Clarke of The Star StoepTalk fame). When proclaimed as such it was done through the first metropolitan act involving all 3 […]
Read More »If written LOTS about Delta Park so for once …. few words. Rather some pics only from a glorious walk along the Spruit this morning. I skipped the Park Run (in my case Park Walk) and decided to make my way along the Spruit banks and enjoy the water birds. More on Craighall Park […]
Read More »Human ancestory: fraught with complexity Africa and South Africa in particular, have been the site and source of many ground-breaking finds of our human ancestory. The world of paleontology is fiercely competitive with specialists arguing about classifications – where are humankind’s roots? Hominin or hominid? the transition from ape to man; dating; new species, etc. […]
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