by 2summers | Jun 29, 2020 | COVID-19, Johannesburg, Melville and Surrounds, The Melville/Brixton Cats
The Melville Cat normally speaks for himself on this blog. But today, for some reason, I feel like speaking for the two of us. Smokey, the Melville Cat, in his favorite morning sun spot on the kitchen floor. I didn’t choose Smokey as a pet — he chose me....
by 2summers | Jun 25, 2020 | COVID-19, Johannesburg, Melville and Surrounds
This morning I got up early and went to take photos at the Melville food parcel program, as I always do on Thursday mornings. I arrived at the church around 6:30. Due to another commitment, I had to leave at 7:30. At 7:25, I met Josaya. I overheard Josaya speaking to...
by 2summers | Jun 18, 2020 | COVID-19, Johannesburg, Melville and Surrounds
It’s Day 84 of the South African lockdown. Although after the president’s speech last night, I’m not sure how long we can continue to describe the state we’re living in as a “lockdown”. I have a lot of thoughts on our current...
by 2summers | Jun 11, 2020 | COVID-19, Johannesburg, Melville and Surrounds
For the last couple of Thursdays mornings, I have intended to get myself to Heritage Baptist Church and the Melville food distribution by 6:00 a.m. The food parcel recipients have been lining up as early as 4:00 a.m., and the whole process is more or less finished by...
by 2summers | Jun 5, 2020 | COVID-19, Johannesburg, Melville and Surrounds
Yesterday I took pictures at the Melville food parcel program again. I arrived at the church a few minutes after 7:00 a.m., just after the sun rose. I was nearly too late because the bulk of the 365 parcels had already been distributed by the time I got there, and the...