by 2summers | Jun 9, 2016 | Arts and Culture, Johannesburg, Johannesburg City Centre, Markets/Shopping, Music/Festivals
A few weeks ago, I found myself in the middle of a grade R (the South African version of kindergarten) classroom in downtown Joburg, watching kids have fun with paper, glue, paint, and glitter. The kids were assembling and decorating big paper flowers for the nearby...
by 2summers | Aug 19, 2012 | Eastern Cape, Emotions, Free State, Johannesburg, KwaZulu-Natal, Limpopo, North West
I’ve been on five trips, to five South African provinces, over the last four weeks. On the road in KwaZulu-Natal. I’ve driven solo for hundreds of kilometers along barren country roads, blasting my iPod and singing at the top of my lungs. I’ve slept...
by 2summers | Jun 7, 2012 | Johannesburg
I don’t spend a lot of time around small children. Very few of my friends have kids and there aren’t many children living in Melville. When I am thrown into a situation with a lot of little kids, I’m always taken aback by how tiny they are....
by 2summers | Jun 3, 2012 | Arts and Culture, Emotions, Johannesburg
Yesterday I attended the Founders Day ceremony at St. Stithians College, a Joburg prep school. I was invited by a wonderful lady named Debbie, whose children go to St. Stithians. Before yesterday morning I only knew Debbie through her 2Summers comments, and on...
by 2summers | Apr 10, 2012 | Arts and Culture, North West
Last week I visited Camp Sizanani, a summer camp for vulnerable children and youth. Camp Sizanani, sponsored by Global Camps Africa, puts on several camps a year — both day camps and residential camps — for kids in Joburg. (Read about my visit to Camp...