It has been a little while since I have checked in here to write: I returned from Cape Town early last Saturday morning after an amazing time studying and traveling across parts of South Africa that were both beautiful and dramatic (including the "Little Karoo" and "Garden Route" of the Western and Eastern Cape Provinces). Although I feel as though my computer has been physically attached to me since my return to Durban, most of my writing time has been set aside for personal emails, Create Africa South projects, and for my dissertation.
I will be back in Illinois in twenty-one days - it's hard for me to believe how quickly time has passed since I arrived here on February 7th. The time here has given way to lots of changes: M gave birth to her first child a son, on March 12th in Durban. Unfortunately R and I had already left for Cape Town so I won't be able to see her or meet the new addition until the 15th, when she returns from the Free State where she has been staying with her mom (it seems to be customary for South African women to take a month of leave to spend with their mothers at the family home if possible). Also, Zenzi has fully recovered from her doggy leg-paw amputation and has now been adopted by J's mother upon her last visit. The picture here was taken on the 14th of March - less than a week after her operation she was already strong enough to tussle with J's giant Rhodesian ridgeback Kayla. In the weeks to come I will remain buried in writing and research before I leave, but hope to look up long enough to have an observation or comment to make on here about life in Durban.
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