Flat Kathy has asked for permission to write a guest post on my blog, because she has some very exciting news: Do you feel like receiving one of these Very Special Flat Kathy Postcards?
Since October 2010, a glossy community magazine has popped into our postbox towards the end of each month (I wrote about their first anniversary here). Known as the Pinelands Muse, or just affectionately as ‘The Muse’, it focuses on the comings and goings in the neighbourhoods of Pinelands and Thornton, and it is a wonderful treasure chest of information about the fascinating people who live here and their unusual or exciting occupations, hobbies and travels to near and far.
Exciting news! I have just received confirmation that an article I had submitted to Equestrian Express has in fact been published in their Issue No. 3 of 29 August 2012.
The article is titled “Cart Horse Angels to the Rescue: Protecting the cart horses of Cape Town”.
Three mornings a week, the Cart Horse Protection Association of Cape Town opens the doors of their Epping premises to offer veterinary and farrier services to the cart horse community of the Cape Flats (see previous post). As this is not sufficient to deal with all the horses who have to be shod, dewormed, tetanus-injected,…
My doorbell just rang – to reveal a most welcome visitor: Glynnis, here to hand me my very own copies of the latest Pinelands Muse Community Magazine, freshly printed and still in their protective plastic wrappings! Thank you for the personal delivery, Glynnis! Can you see what it says on the cover? “Regine & Richard…
A couple of months ago, I had been asked by my friend Alison (of Despatches from Timbuktu) to give a presentation on the marvelous World of Blogging to the writers’ club to which she belongs: the West Coast Writers’ Circle. I had previously given a presentation to them three years ago, when I spoke about…
When I published the last couple of posts, WordPress decided to change the date-and-time settings on them, which confused the sequencing, so I had to re-post them to correct it. As a result, it is possible that the links may have become broken. Here are the correct links: Learning how to write a feature article:…
When I arrive at the clinic of the Cart Horse Protection Association in Epping 2 on Monday morning, 18 June 2012, organised chaos reigns. There are horses and carts and people milling around everywhere. Today is an important occasion: It is Farrier Day! This means that the first twenty horses, in good condition, will receive…
On Sunday morning, 17 June 2012, Richard and I drive out to Somerset West/Gordon’s Bay. As part of my research for the Feature Writing Course I am currently enrolled in (see my previous post), I have arranged to meet Louis Joubert, the manager of the Cart Horse Protection Association‘s Recovery and Rehabilitation Centre at Firlands.…
Wednesday morning, 13 June 2012, finds me driving through to the clinic of the Cart Horse Protection Association in the light industrial area of Epping 2 on the Cape Flats. I am off to do my first formal interview(s) for the online feature writing course I told you all about in my previous post, and…
As I told you all in my previous post, I’ve registered for a Feature Writing Course with an online learning institution based in Cape Town, known as GetSmarter. I’ll be honest with you: I hadn’t anticipated that it would be quite this demanding and this much work. We are now reaching the end of Module…
The last few weeks since our return from our 3-week visit to the USA have gone past in a blur, and I am playing catch-up. I am sorry that things have been so quiet on the blog-front, and apologise in advance that it’s going to remain a little quiet here for the next couple of…
I just about had a conniption fit yesterday, when I discovered that my footer widgets had disappeared and that post after post after post after post after post after post after post after post after post after post after post after post after post after post after post after post after post after post after post…
I have just received the latest newsletter from Eseltjiesrus Donkey Sanctuary – the last newsletter of the year, as the hard-working staff have earned themselves a break over the festive season. Do not fear, though – the furry-long-eared-four-leggeds will continue to be looked after and to receive the best quality of care and love. I…
Yep, two recent articles I wrote have appeared in the People’s Post and on the Reserve Force Division website. The People’s Post is a weekly community newspaper, of which several editions are published around the Cape Peninsula, with content tailored to the different neighbourhoods. The Reserve Force Division is part of the South African National…
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