Me-time. To clear my head. That’s what this is. Pure me-time. Time for Jake to reboot. Refresh. Rebreathe. No unwelcome weekly visitors. Hopefully no ghosts. […]
Mind Matters
“Please, Gerhard, open up. It’s minus three out here.” Sergeant Andries Moroka hugged his bulky frame to maintain warmth. Temperatures like this were not unusual […]
Post Covid-19 the Sky’s the Limit
In South Africa, over the past two weeks – Working from home, previously an impossibility for many workers with disabilities, has become the standard new […]
Salute to Emergency Care Personnel
It’s April 2020. Some 1.5 million people worldwide are infected with the COVID-19 virus. Almost 84,000 people have already died from the disease. In South […]
We Are The World
The term “global village” has become something of a cliché in recent years. I have always understood it quite academically as a description of economic […]
Covid-19 Reflections – Foreword
Happy New Year! The new decade started with such promise. Just three months ago, the idea that a third of the global population would now […]
Violet the Suburban Pig
In the days before Lockdown, Suburban Stroller was introduced to a rather unlikely resident of the suburbs. Violet the Vietnamese Pot-Bellied Pig has been a […]
Death in the Desert
Today marks the first day of South Africa’s 21-day lockdown. It also marks South Africa’s first recorded deaths from Covid-19 – adding to the more […]
Street Wisdom on COVID-19
Suburban Stroller took to the streets and offices of Claremont, Cape Town, today to elicit the opinions and advice of laypeople about the COVID-19 epidemic. […]
Sleeping under the Stars in the Suburbs – in conversation with Trevor
If you google “sleeping under the stars”, you will find a ton of results like “10 Dreamy Ways to Sleep Under the Stars” and “Amazing […]