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My Resolutions for 2012
Yes, yes, it’s already far into January. But considering the fact that I’m just now receiving the bulk of Christmas cards, you can’t really say that I’m behind in terms of New Year’s resolutions. Remember, we operate on African time here.
But now that I’m done ...
Safari in the Bedroom
No no, don’t imagine anything naughty going on. I know you did. But I just wanted to give you an update on my Christmas-gift-for-Noisette project, which if you remember involved some last minute heroics on my part pulling ...
Do I Write or Do I Draw?
No Twitter SMS alerts in South Africa?
Today is a typical example of why Noisette periodically chastises me for being so busy and never getting much done, even though I have full-time domestic help and a gardener here.
He has a point.
After having such a good day yesterday, actually checking eight things off my Monday morning to-do list ...
HP Service in South Africa
One of the nice things about writing your own blog is that you can write reviews about pretty much anything and broadcast them to the world – or at least the world of your readership, which admittedly in my case is still a fairly small world. But I do have an audience and would like to take ...
Neil Diamond in South Africa
At the risk of revealing too much about my age and tastes, I have to tell you that Noisette and I went to the Neil Diamond concert in Soccer City last weekend. As I’ve said before, the cool thing about being an expat in a big city such as Johannesburg is that you get a lot of concerts and events. ...
More of my African Art

I’ve added two more paintings to my “Africa” portfolio. You can also view (and order) them on Imagekind.
“Township” (mixed media collage on canvas) |
“Zebras” (white and black charcoal on blue paper) |
World Cup Fever
Wherever you look in the streets of Johannesburg these days, you can’t escape the World Cup Fever. Street vendors are selling flags, mirror covers, hats, and tons of other gadgets in team colors and they’ll quite happily run and find what you’re asking for if they don’t have ...
Images of Africa

I painted this ages ago, but watching the local women carry things on their heads on the way to Diepsloot just down the road reminded me of it.