Did I ever tell you that I won? I won! A prize! Through NaBloPoMo! The very kind Danielle gave me an Equal Exchange basket of goodies - coffee, tea, cocoa, chocolate bars - all organic and not from the man. My package arrived today, and now I am enjoying rooibos tea, grown by farmers of the Wupperthal Community in the Cederberg region of South Africa. This is part of why I blog. No, not to receive treats in the mail, but to connect. Danielle didn't have to offer a gift. And once she did, there was nothing saying she had to carry through with sending it. But she did. And as I started drinking my tea, I realized that the music playing was also South African: Johnny Clegg & Savuka's Scatterlings of Africa. And then I realized I'm reading a book about growing about in South Africa: Mark Mathabane's Kaffir Boy. My South African day! I'll probably enjoy another one tomorrow.
Posted by Shokufeh at December 22, 2006 05:46 PMCongrats!!
Posted by: FFG at December 23, 2006 09:04 AMWell done on your prize - glad to hear of someone who won something! Also pleased to hear of your South African morning. I love rooibos tea, though strangely here in Germany, they love it flavoured so I drink vanilla rooibos, which is a little odd. I haven't read the Mathabane - do let me know what it's like. I'm always keen to read the new stuff coming out of home country!
Posted by: Charlotte at December 27, 2006 01:36 AM