Archive for July, 2008

How Do I Love Wordle? Let Me Count the Ways!

I recently discovered the way coolest web toy. And being a word freak, a font freak, a colour freak, I’m in love.
Wordle takes the text you submit and turns it into a word cloud. For example, I took a chunk of text from this old post and Wordle made the lovely word cloud you see […]

Posted by elp admin on July 30th, 2008 under From around the world, Products & services, Technology & gadgets | 6 Comments »

Little Bit OCD … Except for the Milk Thing!

Hi! We’re back from living in a motel, the bugs are all ex-bugs (hopefully) and home has never felt so sweet!
So. Laura from Pretoria and Ramblings of a Harrassed Single Mom tagged me to tell you six quirky things about myself.
Dave would roll his eyes and say, “You’ve GOT to be kidding — SIX?!” […]

Posted by elp admin on July 28th, 2008 under From the editor, Body, mind & spirit | 4 Comments »

The Circus is Coming to Town

One of the not-so-thrilling aspects of living in Southern California is dealing with termite infestation in our wood-framed homes.
Our townhouse development (about 250 units in all) is being fumigated this month, which means double-bagging all our food and medicines, moving all our houseplants out into the yard, packing up everything we need for work and […]

Posted by elp admin on July 21st, 2008 under From the editor, Living abroad | 3 Comments »

Happy 90th Birthday Mr Mandela!

 
Source: South Africa Info’s Mandela Gallery
 

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Posted by elp admin on July 18th, 2008 under Politics & society, From South Africa | 1 Comment »

Small, Small, Catch Monkey

This is the second guest post installment from AfricanKelli. Check her blog for more photos and a detailed account of her work in Moz.

I’ve just returned from two weeks in Beira, Mozambique. I work for an American NGO that has a public health project in eight outlying villages of Beira.
This city was once the major […]

Posted by elp admin on July 18th, 2008 under Politics & society, Body, mind & spirit, From around the world, Travel & leisure | 1 Comment »

Visiting Malawi for the First (Definitely Not the Last) Time!

Guest posts today and Friday from the lovely AfricanKelli. Enjoy! And visit Kelli’s blog for more photos.
My first trip to Africa was eight years ago. In the past five adventures to this great continent, I have been lucky enough to swim on volcanic beaches of Cameroon, stand at the Cape of Good Hope […]

Posted by elp admin on July 16th, 2008 under Travel & leisure, Food & entertaining | Comment now »

RU RSSing? And Giveaway Prizes!

First, congratulations to the winners in last week’s giveaway! The following ladies each win a Handbag Organiser from Cherry Brand:
US/Canada:

Julie at Green Stilettos on the Go
Michele at Creative Writings 101
Gemca, who is still resisting the idea that she needs to start her own blog!

South Africa:

Kitten
Vanessa
Saaleha, who has not one, not two, not three but FOUR […]

Posted by elp admin on July 14th, 2008 under Giving & receiving, Products & services, Technology & gadgets | 4 Comments »

Ooh! Five-Minute Chocolate Cake in a Mug!

Only a few more days to enter to win
our latest FREE giveaway!

Oh my word! A new reader, Naqiyah at Tongue Tickle commented recently and so I went over to take a look at her foodie blog.
Lovely photos, tantalizing recipes. Take a look for yourself.
And then I saw the chocolate cake. The FIVE MINUTE chocolate cake. […]

Posted by elp admin on July 9th, 2008 under From South Africa, Food & entertaining | 3 Comments »

Horses, Silk and Feathers

Miss our FREE giveaway Friday? You’ve got all week to join in!
Designer Siphokazi Mzekandaba shows off
her very pretty peacock-inspired design.
(Photo: Richard Shorey of The Times)
 
For those living out of the country, this past weekend was the Durban July at Greyville Race Course and I ran across these pictures of avant garde fashion at the race. […]

Posted by elp admin on July 7th, 2008 under Politics & society, Arts & culture, Fashion & beauty, From South Africa | Comment now »

Friday FREE Giveaway! Six Cherry Handbag Organizers!

Cell phone, make-up bag, wallet, iPod, hairspray, comb, hair elastics, lip balm, notebook, pen, nail polish … massive bunch of keys.
Credit cards, chequebook, library cards, medical and auto insurance cards, the seven-year-old dog-eared business card with my husband’s social-insurance and driver’s license numbers on it. Some grimy looking chewing gum. The list goes on.
Needless […]

Posted by elp admin on July 4th, 2008 under Fashion & beauty, From around the world, From South Africa, Giving & receiving, Products & services | 21 Comments »

eLuckyfocus: Oh My Stinkin Heck!

PSSST! Check back here on Friday!
I’m giving away gorgeous
FREE stuff again!
Or perhaps I should say Oh My Sticky Heck!
One of my very favourite American bloggers, Heather at Oh My Stinkin Heck, has a list of great projects she’s doing with her kids this summer (yes, summer, for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere).
Case in […]

Posted by elp admin on July 3rd, 2008 under Arts & culture, Kids & family, From around the world | 2 Comments »


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