A Post About Dagwoods
A few weeks ago, I met a guy named Thorsten and he asked me, kind of out of the blue, if I’d ever blogged about Dagwoods. “No I haven’t,” I said. “But I definitely should.” This conversation set into motion a sequence of events,...
A Corner Shop Exhibition in Brixton
For more than half a century, the Hong family ran a corner shop at 166 Caroline Street in Brixton, one of Joburg’s oldest residential suburbs. Immigrant-owned corner shops, much like spaza shops, are an iconic part of South African history and culture. 166...
A Tree at Westdene Dam
Today is Election Day in the United States. I had been thinking I could be sort of normal — write a blog post, go about my day, etc. My vote has already been cast, after all. I’m a hemisphere away from America and there’s nothing more I can do. Plus...
A Sunday Afternoon at Zoo Lake
Zoo Lake, a popular public park in Parkview across Jan Smuts Avenue from the Johannesburg Zoo, is one of the most popular parks in Joburg and less than a ten-minute drive from my house. Yet I have not blogged about Zoo Lake for nearly a decade. (Here’s my post...
A Delicious Dose of Solitude in the Melville Koppies
Yesterday I spent the morning walking around the central section of the Melville Koppies Nature Reserve. Most of you know I visit the Koppies often, but this walk was special. Winter grass on the Melville Koppies. The grass is taller than me. The Melville Koppies...
Heather Mason
I’m an American writer/blogger/photographer living a quirky life in Johannesburg. Follow along as I explore Johannesburg, South Africa, and the rest of the world.
