I never had the chance to meet my Ouma Pottie (grandmother Potgieter). I was named after her – her name was Carolina, but was called Caro by her friends and family. All I have of her are my mom’s stories, and a yellowed portrait or two that are kept in a large keepsake box in a […]
Each year, in the month of February, I become a sunny South African again! My husband and I pack up a couple of bags of shorts and t-shirts, drop off our cat at her holiday home with a view of squirrels and birds, and head to South Africa for a whole month. In the early […]
Been thinking about my sister-in-law and her family this week. Yesterday they had to say goodbye to their awesome dog, Kesha. Over the last couple of years she has turned into a proper little old lady. Greying hair, hearing loss, a steady decline in the number of her teeth, a bit of vision loss and […]
We live in a time where we casually record every, tiny detail of our lives and share them with the world in real time. Our trips, our meals, our belongings, our kids, our pets, our experiences all end up online. Something is missing from this list, though. Where are we? There is an entire generation […]