by 2summers | Dec 18, 2021 | Emotions
For the past couple of months, I’ve been thinking about what to write in my blog for the ten-year anniversary of Jon’s death. Jon died a decade ago tomorrow. Jon hanging out with the locals on a remote mountaintop in Lesotho, September 2010. For those who...
by 2summers | Oct 7, 2021 | Brixton, Emotions, Johannesburg
Last week I moved from Melville, the central Joburg suburb where I’ve lived for the past 11 years, to Brixton, another central Joburg suburb about five minutes away. Here I am in a Brixton alleyway not far from my new house. I didn’t realize until...
by 2summers | Jul 30, 2021 | COVID-19, Emotions
I feel anxious and uncertain about life right now. I could go into it — write out a long list of reasons, empathize with all the other people out there who are feeling a similar way (I know there are many), etc. But I don’t feel like doing that so here is...
by 2summers | Jun 10, 2021 | COVID-19
I haven’t written a 2Summers Support Group post since February and I think now is a good time to revive the series. It’s a strange time to be in South Africa, at least for me. I feel super weird and whiny. It’s winter and we’re all huddled...
by 2summers | Jan 7, 2021 | Emotions, Joburg Weekend Getaways, Parks/Nature Reserves, Pretoria
NOTE: I originally wrote this post before January 6th, when pro-Trump insurrectionists stormed the U.S. Capitol and mounted the biggest threat to American democracy since the Civil War. I’m having a hard time feeling quite so positive today, on January 7th, but...