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Colour for the skin you’re in

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on October 24, 2024October 1, 2024

I grew up in apartheid South Africa where buying power and society was geared towards…

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A week

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on October 21, 2024October 20, 2024

This food court used to be a beautiful old movie theatre. After that it became…

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A day

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on October 10, 2024October 10, 2024

On my way to my first meeting. Below is my Van Der Spek tote, after…

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A day

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on October 4, 2024October 3, 2024

I teach in the building on the left. I was keen to get the ferry…

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A day

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on September 20, 2024September 19, 2024

As I left for work today it was walkies time for the doggy daycare nearby.…

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A day

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on September 16, 2024September 15, 2024

This is a place where I teach. You have the choice of an exercise bicycle…

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Remember the tiny apartment?

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on September 14, 2024September 13, 2024

I wrote recently about an apartment for sale near us. It is 11 square metres/118…

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View from our front gate

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on September 12, 2024September 11, 2024

This is not a big boat, but sometimes there are container ships in the canal…

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A day’s wanderings

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on September 10, 2024September 9, 2024

My husband takes Harley out for almost two hours every day. Harley loves it. These…

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The Swedish Museum of Drinking Culture

  • by Janet Carr
  • Posted on September 5, 2024August 13, 2024

This fact that this museum exists surprised me because Sweden, being in the vodka belt*,…

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