Lockdown Log: The Virus
Candice Nolan / May 21, 2020
I was gobsmacked the other day, to learn that a dutch farmworker contracted coronavirus from a mink on a fur farm. This means that aside from the eigh...
I was gobsmacked the other day, to learn that a dutch farmworker contracted coronavirus from a mink on a fur farm. This means that aside from the eigh...
Basil Manning shared this blog post from the New York Times. Please feel free to share your own insights below....
I believe I have a quaranteen. She is only three years (going on 40). The other day I told her to pick up her toys in the passage. She replied “...
It’s finally here. The big 4-0. I recall for Uncle Ian’s 40th birthday, my eldest sister got him a UB40 CD. I remember thinking “Wow...
Bureaucracy is the worst of humanity. Arbitrary rules being imposed on the unsuspecting public, mostly from air conditioned offices. This is how not t...
So the country is outraged over a video that started circulating which shows Metro Police trying to arrest a toddler because he was playing outside. T...
#BabySesame was having a tearful bath time earlier. Then we fought over which pyjamas she should wear. I think both our nerves are a bit frayed. So sh...
The centre is no longer holding. The sky is falling! My hormones are wreaking havoc with every system of my body. I’ve been suppressing them for...
Superman was fake. And so, it seems, was Clarke Kent. Has anyone seen what is happening with the news media of late. It’s imploding silently. It...
I was watching a rather interesting vlog earlier. The government, it seems, is doing exactly what it was designed to do all along. Stay in power. The ...
Me and Baby Sesame were watching the Little Mermaid earlier. She was so intrigued by the concept of having to choose between her daddy and the prince....
I quit smoking about eight years ago. An ex smoker (and very grateful). I can only hope that was a good thing. Because the way my government is prevar...
After the numerous epiphanies of last week, I find myself adrift in a sea of covid-19. I know better than to obsess about something which might never ...
I was sitting on my front stoep observing cars and people go by. It annoyed my as we are in lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic regulations. I turne...
I am so content. My body is completely relaxed. I’m eating healthy. Feeling fabulous! Lockdown has been the answer to a silent prayer. To top th...
My family’s recent visits to the shopping malls were greeted with horror when we had to pay close on R1000 for measly wares, which all fitted ...
I spent the day getting to know my three year old toddler. We nicknamed her Baby Sesame because she was the size of a sezame seed when we found out ab...
Hi CandiceThank you for cheering me up with at times your humorous articles and in others, a deep insightful rubric on the ills of society. If you wou...
The day the world stood still. And you realised its heart was still beating. It happens every day now. And it is wonderful. I decided that this is how...
As an aspirant journalist, I looked up to guys like Can Themba and Joe Thloloe. I thought it was because they defied the evils of apartheid. But reall...
There are these human beings who live on adrenalin. Some go into the bowels on the earth to extract sparkly things. People, who call themselves mine o...
I’m not sure how many of you recall a tv series called “Survivor”. Strangers dumped on a deserted island. Camera’s trained on ...
Every fibre of my being is insisting on staying at home. It’s so lovely, interacting with my three year old. I mean really interacting with #Bab...
The irony is not lost on me. But you actually don’t need me. You don’t need me to interpret reality for you. You’ve got this. But hu...
In a shock move, the International Monetary Fund told the guys who owe them the most money that they don’t have to pay back the money. But just ...
If a trees falls in a forest, and there’s nobody around to hear it, will it make a sound? I am having the most amazing lockdown experience. It j...
Mineworkers were complaining that they were forced to return to work despite the lockdown. The union vowed to investigate. The mine was unavailable fo...
Social media provides fodder for my delusions. I’m supposed to be staying away from it. But alas! Anyway, I figure I’m not hurting anyone....
So our lockdown has been extended by another two weeks. This takes us to the end of April. Many were not surprised by this. We saw what happened in It...
Today, 368 years ago, the Dutch stole the Cape. The local Khoe-Khoe people enjoyed a roaring trade with passing ships. And then, on 6 April 1652, one ...
I returned to work last Friday. This was on the advice of my psychologist, who believes staying at home, marinating in my own delusions, is not a good...
I am returning to work tomorrow. Maintaining the status quo. Turns out I was confused about my psychiatrist having booked me off for three weeks. And ...
And then I came across this gem while trolling facebook. Lockdown is bad for the world economy. So America is considering unlocking the door, and kill...
I just found out that I may have to return to work next week. The end of the beginning. Work, where one person was infected with covid19. So I am rati...
I find it funny that the media in South Africa believe they will still be around after lockdown. Journalists have declared themselves essential servic...
I just found out that a second colleague of mine from the public broadcaster, has tested positive for covid19. This latest case is at the same offices...
I think I figured out the source of my “mood disorder”. It’s called by ya’ll, with your cultures and history. All the fuss and...
The birds were chirping crazily this morning. I imagine they evolved the ability to have their chirps heard over the maddening human sounds of traffic...
It has been such a strangely quiet day. Two cars drove by the lake today. One of the neighbours was blaring some old school beats this morning. And no...
Today is the first day under lockdown in South Africa. This is my Lockdown Log: Day 1. I’m writing this from my balcony (known as a stoep in SA)...
I went to see my psychiatrist today. I wore a face mask. She had different kinds of sanitizer on her desk. I used all of them. She noticed, however, t...
Coronavirus is a tiny little guy that looks like a crown. Tiny, like smaller than our genome. This means you cannot see it with the naked eye. This th...
This coronavirus pandemic has forced humankind to be more kind to other humans. The army removed the homeless, including street kids, from the streets...
My country, South Africa, is under lockdown. Well, from Thursday. Earlier in the day there were pictures circulating of the army amassing in a local s...
Even the plagues of Egypt weren’t on the scale of the corona virus pandemic. The world has never before faced circumstances such as these. It...
