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Extremely David

A tribute to our nephew David Johns (03 January 2001 - 06 September 2011) who passed away after battling leukemia for four months. Continue reading

In Newcastle over New Year (2008/2009)

We've been planning our trip to the Caribbean (for about 9 years) and have finally booked for March '09. It is a rather (a-hem) dear trip that's straining our piggy bank, so we'd decided not to do anything for Christmas or New Year. Continue reading

Finding Our European Roots

No matter where you come from, as long as you’re a black man, you’re an African. No mind your nationality, you have got the identity of an African“. ~ Peter Tosh

Albeit in reverse, Peter Tosh sings about the way I felt a lot of the time while growing up in South Africa with my pale skin – I felt out of place in my country of birth. The old apartheid “European Only” signs indicated that a white skin meant that we were European, but we felt African. So, who and what are we? Are we South Africans? Are we English? Are we Dutch? None of the above? Continue reading

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