Friday 23 October 2020, Day 33 of Level 1, Day 211 of Lockdown. 😷
Corona Gratitude 🙏
#Grateful for a beautiful warm 23C day; for a second sleep this morning, after watching the Trump-Biden-Flix final debate Live from 3h00 this morning; for peace and quiet in the building, with no staff bar one working today; for staying home all day, getting my steps via Couchrobics to Kfm; for finally getting to Discovery Gold, from Silver, feeling like I’ve been here for the whole year already, with another 10000 points to go to get to Diamond 👣😱; for International Champagne Day 🍾🥂, even though I haven’t drunk any in celebration; and for being happy and healthy. 🙏💙 Continue reading →

The Sweet Service Award goes to the City of Cape Town’s Electricity Department, for the repair of a street light in a dangerous corner on Victoria Road in Bakoven, less than 48 hours after I reported it to Councillor Nicola Jowell.
Monday 19 October 2020, Day 29 of Level 1, Day 207 of Lockdown. 😷
The Department of Home Affairs has just announced its revised list of Red countries, being the countries whose citizens and residents may not travel into our country as Leisure Tourists. The initial List of 60 countries was announced on 30 September, with a promise of it being updated every 14 days, but the announcement today is late by five days!