Brazen Princess's Blog

When I moved to South Africa we started really racking up frequent flyer miles. With every airline we had an account; they all knew us as a number and treated us with the same mutual disdain they treated all their economy class clients.

Emirates was the

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MARCH 11, 2013 2:17AM

Leaving Dumisani

Dumi and Mario

Last night we delivered the Toyota Camry we have been driving for the past six years to its new owner: Dumisani.

It was after a day (a week - a month) filled with non-stop activity of saying goodbye before we leave South Africa.… Read full post »

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FEBRUARY 28, 2013 11:15PM

Leaving Africa...

This is the last in a series I call

"Top Ten Things I Would Have Never Said in America"

I know it's long, but it's worth it.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2013 12:09AM

No Power? Not Surprised!

Please indulge me as I leave my adopted homeland. I am writing a series called

"Top Ten Things I would Have Never Said in America"

2. Do you think we’ll have electricity?

The early masters of electricity, Thomas Edison, Charles Steinmetz

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FEBRUARY 26, 2013 5:48PM

Get the clothes off - Hurry!!

Please indulge me as I leave my adopted homeland. I'm writing a series called

"Top Ten Things I Would Have Never Said in America"

3. Get the clothes off the line, hurry!!!

I have memories of my grandmother’s clo… Read full post »

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FEBRUARY 23, 2013 3:35AM

No Clean Drinking Water

Please indulge me as I leave my adopted homeland. I'm writing a series called

"Top Ten Things I Would Have Never Said in America"

4. The township doesn't have water again.

When we first came to Af… Read full post »

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FEBRUARY 22, 2013 2:22AM

Are You Using the Car?

Please indulge me as I leave my adopted homeland. I'm writing a series called

"Top Ten Things I Would Have Never Said in America"

5. Are you using the car?

We are known for our gas guzzling habits in the USA, I think. Sometimes… Read full post »

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FEBRUARY 20, 2013 11:05AM

What's the Exchange Rate Today?

Please indulge me as I leave my adopted homeland. I'm writing a series called

"Top Ten Things I Would Have Never Said in America"

6. What’s the exchange rate today?

A doll… Read full post »

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FEBRUARY 19, 2013 5:38PM

Bashing my Hooter...

Please indulge me as I leave my adopted homeland. I'm writing a series called

"Top Ten Things I Would Have Never Said in America"

"Oops! I bashed the hooter!"

7. I bashed… Read full post »

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FEBRUARY 19, 2013 1:41AM

No Milk in my Rooibos, Please.

Please indulge me as I leave my adopted homeland. I'm writing a series called

"Top Ten Things I Would Have Never Said in America"

&nbs… Read full post »

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FEBRUARY 17, 2013 10:46AM

My Maid Knows All of My Dirty Little Secrets

Please indulge me as I leave my adopted homeland. I'm writing a series called

"Top Ten Things I Would Have Never Said in America"

Lorraine in the first ye

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FEBRUARY 16, 2013 3:27AM

That Crazy Pakistani Bowler

Please indulge me as I leave my adopted homeland. I'm writing a series called

"Top Ten Things I Would Have Never Said in America"

Saeed Ajmal celebrates

10. Did you see that crazy Pakistani bowler?

I grew up hating sports.

I have no expertise in the field.… Read full post »

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FEBRUARY 13, 2013 5:20PM

My Funny Valentine

I hate getting ripped off.

It shows two things about me:

I was impulsive;
I was stupid.

Valentine's Day is a day to get ripped off.

"Guess how much that chocolate

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FEBRUARY 11, 2013 1:44PM

Leaving Africa

Me in Narus, Sudan

I’m about to write something truly amazing.

It is a confessi… Read full post »

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FEBRUARY 7, 2013 3:13PM

A Brief Synopsis (as I promised)

The Logo Illustrates an ancient Zulu Folktale

of how a Woman's Heart is made.

When I finished my novel I had to write a synopsis.

How do you get the gist of a 138,000 word novel into a "jacket cover" description? Here was my… Read full post »

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FEBRUARY 6, 2013 11:48AM

Can You Believe It? I Have an Agent!!

I actually went to bed last night wondering why I haven’t been

getting rejection letters. I had grown so used to them and now

I kind of miss them.

Kind of.

I wrote my first novel in 2012, one I called “Treasures

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FEBRUARY 1, 2013 4:07AM

Rafting Down the Orange River

Write a story that includes these words: orange, late, nosebleed, shoe

rafting

Its power was what tempted me into scheduling our family’s vacation to raft the South African Orange River. I would there surrender fi… Read full post »

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JANUARY 31, 2013 1:03AM

What a blog is; What it's supposed to be....

"BLOG" is a portmanteau (a word like “smog” - formed by blending “smoke” and “fog); a combination of the words “web” and “log”.

This word was invented in the late nineties by two geeks sitting in front of their computers in their… Read full post »

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JANUARY 26, 2013 2:59PM

Beyond Triggers

Write a story that incorporates this sentence: Unfortunately, Peter has few friends in Tacoma.

wedding-anniversary-celebration

I am unprepared for this sense of acceptance an… Read full post »

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JANUARY 25, 2013 6:40PM

calypso

Blue eyed soul when we used to dance

In calypso rhythms and bow our arms

Like Carmen; only deeper in our hearts

Bleeding like children wanting to be seen

More than anything.

Now there are bars and letters

Places I am not supposed to share;

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JANUARY 23, 2013 9:33PM

You've got to be kidding - OS is working?

100_0526

I've missed you.

I know I said all of those terrible things about you but seeking you out and finding you to be working with only a few hiccups...my comments posting... I am touched.

So I'll check back wit… Read full post »

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NOVEMBER 14, 2012 1:08AM