My brother and me, Walmer Estate, early 1960s

The Joy of Being Human — reclamation magazine

Joy has been popping up in my feeds a lot lately. One of the more recent posts was an image of a jazz musician, Jon Batiste, playing freedom songs and hymns on a joyfully decorated upright piano at a protest march in New York. 972 more words

The Joy of Being Human — reclamation magazine

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Straining Against the Archives

A gathering was recently held in Cape Town to read my essay, Unpick, Restitch: Doilies, Medorahs and Labouring Plants. The

Seeing the Other as Human

When I turned 50, I decided that it was time to equip myself with the tools necessary to write the

An Archive of Food

A few weeks ago I was meant to be on a road trip, doing research with colleagues from the University