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Miracles around the Anene Tree… 12 Aug 2013 | 02:26 pm
The Gentle Men’s Movement (that’s Tim O’Hagan and I for this day) went to plant more trees for Anene Booysen on Women’s Day. I am overwhelmed. By what I see as miracles. Little miracles, perhaps, ...
A Tree for Anene 20 Jul 2013 | 01:23 pm
We planted a White Pear tree for Anene Booysen on Thursday, Mandela Day. At the spot where she was gang-raped, disembowelled and left to bleed to death…. “The Anene Tree” “We” are The Gentle...
My ‘Phenomenal Artwork’ just got more phenomenal… 2 Jul 2013 | 01:48 am
In a previous post on this blog I told of the conceptual photography artwork I wanted to create, illustrating the story of two young girls who lost their father six years ago. Ruby and Sara are no...
‘I humbly request the release of Mandela…’ 27 Jun 2013 | 03:24 pm
I didn’t think I would write this. I didn’t think I could write it. I was thinking it might be more dignified and honourable if I continued to just think quietly about you, how you might be feelin...
There is No One at My Gate 4 Jun 2013 | 01:54 am
I saw you through the glass and rain Wearing a white dress, at my gate You said we would talk it over, But, again, you have made me wait. … Words & picture: Fred Hatman
How suddenly we fall away from the sun… 30 May 2013 | 01:44 pm
We fight and we fight, we fight to find our flight to the light, But, so quickly and without warning, we submit to your might… RIP Guid Man. Words & picture: Fred Hatman
A baby elephant tests the surf… 28 May 2013 | 01:15 am
This is what happened when a baby elephant saw the sea for the first time. Just beautiful. I do believe this video would cheer up Van Morrison.
The home of our horror (and shame)… revisited 27 May 2013 | 01:50 pm
Earlier this year, on February 2, Anene Booysen was taken from David’s Sports Bar and Grill in Bredasdorp to a nearby housing development. To a sandy passage between two small RDP (Reconstruction a...
Like Woodstock… only with a lot more wood 21 May 2013 | 03:31 pm
I’ve spent the past two days feeling the biggest love. Now I’ll try to share it. The love feeling is so large that I don’t know where to start to spread it. Like mulch. So, obviously, I will start...
We Have All Been Here… 21 May 2013 | 01:23 am
In fact, we were all born here. But none of us remember it, do we? So here is a reminder so wondrous that it is impossible for me to describe… You’re welcome. Music by Ohdae-soo.
