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Well it’s been almost a MONTH since our photography exhibition at the local Soshanguve library showcasing twenty-four impressive photos of the eight kids in the “Kids with Cameras”-type project. We called the show “Mathlo Go Bona”- in Zulu, “Eyes to See,” a widely known phrase among many local South African cultures. A testimony to the [...]

Some of you know that I have been busy with a ministry in Soshanguve the past month, teaching some kids from our local township photography. I am doing this in partnership with Jon Hall of NieuCommunities San Diego and Peter Schrock of CRM’s Creative Services division. Peter and Jon will be facilitating a similar class [...]

So I realize that for those of you who read my sporadic blog entries, there is a seriously unfinished story here. I never told you what happened with my dear friend Doris and her baby. Well. . . Doris had the baby the 6th of December. And it was healthy. And IT was a GIRL! [...]

I just wanted to inform those who are currently visiting my site that I will post some things very soon about the kids photo project I am doing in our nearby township of Soshanguve as well as a story about 3 miraculous births of good friends of mine that all occurred around the New Year [...]

Doris and I have been friends since 2007, when Barbara and I came regularly to visit her and took her story for our book of South African women’s stories. Ever since I met her, she has held a special place in my heart. Often, when we travel to Emily’s to pray for Wholesome Bakery on [...]

July 19th 2009 Some of you are aware that I just had a noteworthy birthday. Three decades to celebrate! That was new for me. It was also my third South African birthday in a row, which meant that it was the middle of winter as opposed to summer. This year we celebrated simply but elegantly, [...]

I just wanted to let everyone know (everyone being anyone who happens upon my site) that my blog is badly in need of updating. Of course, if you ever visit my site. . . you know that. Just to get you a TAD up to speed: Our 2008 apprenticeship year ended well, with an “eighties- [...]

Recently I’ve had the chance to do some portraits for people who have been interested. One set was for the Stewart family, for their yearly family portrait. Unfortunately, I was a bit late to their house so we only had a wedge of sunlight left to work with in the nearby park. Many of them [...]

It is the time of the jacaranda here in Pretoria North, South Africa. The weather is humid, sometimes hot, and the past week or two, has been on the verge of storm. Jacarandas, common to California as well, are in full bloom now, and especially at our “home base” Pangani, the purple blossoms seem to [...]

So, I too often (as with many things) chide myself for not posting on here enough. The past few days, I have recognized the unwanted, unprecedented amount of guilt I allow in my life on a daily basis, and today other well-meaning friends helped me to remember that such guilt- well, actually, it is not [...]