The darkness of winter is fading, but the darkness of loadshedding is not. Spring has come to South Africa and that means warm weather, white wine, and coming out of our hibernation.

It’s been one year since I moved to South Africa. So much has changed I sometimes don’t recognize myself.

Somehow, in spite of eating and drinking my way through the Western Cape, I’ve lost quite a bit of weight since I arrived…

One of questions I’m most frequently asked is “Do you miss America?”. Well, yes and no, but it’s not a question that has a simple yes or no answer.