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It's a very pretty newsletter today: almost everyone decided to celebrate flowers and Spring and beauty. A quick Google search for flower-related quotes revealed a pre-occupation with: flowering in adversity; growing through dirt; blooming regardless; getting on with things, and so on. A fitting salute to our lives right now. But along with the prettiness, there are some gritty articles on thought-provoking subjects as well. Enjoy!
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In this time of unprecedented human-induced ecological destruction and with many of the world’s leaders apparently turning a blind eye, it might seem that only a super hero can save us. But that’s to underestimate what one or a few ordinary heroes can do to help restore ecological integrity.
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Greta Thunberg has put a spotlight on prejudice against people living with mental disabilities.
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A gripping Jozi thriller to make you howl
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A review of a gritty, gripping South African thriller by Kurt Ellis
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Do mothers create rapists?
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Bad parenting can create monsters. Why is there so much violence against women and children? Why so many rapes? Can it be changed?
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“... errors are notoriously hard to kill, but an error that ascribes to a man what was actually the work of a woman has more lives than a cat.”
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This was the wry comment from Hertha Ayrton, British engineer, mathematician, physicist, inventor and activist, on learning that her friend Marie Curie’s work was credited to Curie’s husband. Why, for all she achieved by dint of hard work and a brilliant mind – and others like her – is Hertha Ayrton’s name not among the ‘Great Britons’ – like that of her compatriot Isambard Kingdom Brunel? Denial of women’s talent?
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'Peace in the Valley' - The Song Lyrics Arose from this Poem
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Fake war in Afghanistan to kill just one man,
A weak excuse for war against Iraq, same shit different day,
The value of human life is zero,
slaughtered for an ideology or the price of a barrel of oil.
There are no straight lines or linear parameters in the valley
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The Social Dilemma aside, physical distancing with social connection yielded an unanticipated find ...
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Where Words Take Us - Honeybee
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The plight of the honeybees and how you can save them so they can save you.
With thanks to Johan du Toit for the feature photograph today. https://www.facebook.com/jdtcommunications
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Dammit, but we South Africans can sing.
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This song is also a triumph of engineering: it was created remotely during lockdown, with each singer individually recorded and then assembed in studio.
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Kassiesbaai, a national heritage site, is the last authentic fishing village along South Africa’s coastline. The name derives from the original dwellings built of crates (kassies) from passing ships that washed up here. The existing cottages date from the 1890s and although owned by the inhabitants, they have to adhere to the style, i.e. thatch and whitewash. The fisher folk go out in open boats called ‘chuckies’, hoping to bring in yellowtail and rooivis (red fish), as they’ve done for decades.
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Tourists staying in adjacent Arniston love it here: the ladies of Kassiesbaai run eateries where they can enjoy homemade pies, bobotie and pickled fish – real heritage food. The locals also sell arts and crafts.
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This image was shot some time back. My camera equipment at that time was a Canon EOS 5D Mk II, with a Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM lens. I used an f-stop of f/20 for sufficient depth of field.
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