Lockdown Revisited: Fake It ‘Til You Make It
My advice for the week: If you’re feeling down in lockdown, put on a (fake) happy face. My new facemask (like an actual face. mask.) from Anouk de Vries Design. I haven’t blogged about the lockdown for a couple of weeks, and I feel like I’ve built up...
Knitting (Lockdown Day 90)
About six months ago, I decided to take up knitting. It was January, a time for new beginnings and all that. I had just gone through a breakup — number six of seven (or thereabouts) in an endlessly on-again-off-again relationship. South Africa was experiencing...
The COVID-19 Paradox (Lockdown Day 78)
It’s Day 78 of the South African lockdown. Today I don’t care. Since I don’t care about photography or anything else today, here’s a picture I shot during a photowalk in Braamfontein back in 2011. I discovered it while archiving old photos...
Five Good Things That Have Happened to Me During Lockdown (Day 76)
It’s Day 76 of the South African lockdown, and I have now blogged on 71 of the last 79 days. (I started my Lockdown Journal three days before the lockdown began.) I have blogged about virtually every aspect of lockdown, COVID-19, and the state of the world...
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.
