Food Parcel Day (Lockdown Day 63)
It’s Day 63 of the South African lockdown, and for the second consecutive Thursday I took photos at the weekly Melville food parcel distribution program. I wrote about this program in detail last Thursday. This week the process was the same, except: 1) The...
Lockdown Journal: Day 56 (Melville Food Relief)
It’s Day 56 of the South African lockdown. I spent the morning taking photos at the food parcel distribution program on 3rd Avenue in Melville. Lockdown photo 56: People wait in line for food parcels outside 91 3rd Avenue in Melville. I didn’t provide all...
Lockdown Journal: Day 55 (Out and About)
It’s Day 55 of the South African lockdown. Today was a better-than-average lockdown day for me because I was out and about doing meaningful things. Lockdown photo 55: Food parcels ready to distribute. At 9:00 a.m. I walked up to 3rd Avenue, where Melville...
Lockdown Journal: Day 50 (A Good Day)
Today is Day 50 of the South African lockdown. This week was really hard overall. But I think today was the best day I’ve had since the lockdown started. Lockdown photo 50: Beautiful cat, beautiful flowers. Around the two-week mark, when the president announced...
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.