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18 March 202021 March 2025 Janette Bennett

A tale of two viruses

Coronavirus, HIV, Life, Writing
A tale of two viruses

About 30 years ago, when the first stories about HIV and AIDS emerged, I was a health reporter on the Sunday Tribune in Durban, the

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5 December 20196 December 2019 Janette Bennett

I’m planting trees. Are you?

Environment, Technology, Trees, Work-life
I’m planting trees. Are you?

Every single time I do an Internet search, I am planting trees. Yes, you read that correctly. And you might have noticed that I did

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16 August 201224 November 2019 Under the milkwood

The power of getting lost

Handmade, Life, Reinvention, Work-life
The power of getting lost

My goal these days is to work (as in do paying work) for half the month and do life things, like garden and be with

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2 August 201224 November 2019 Under the milkwood

Let there be light (and TV)

Technology, Work-life
Let there be light (and TV)

Wrapped up in a fluffy blue blanket, I am shivering behind the wheel of my stationary car. It’s night time, somewhere in the middle of

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4 June 201220 January 2023 Under the milkwood

Power to you

Life, Reinvention, Technology, Work-life
Power to you

When my children were very little people, they asked me if I’d been “alive when the dinosaurs were alive”. When I stopped laughing long enough

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14 May 201221 November 2019 Under the milkwood

Bubbling from the pot

Life, Work-life
Bubbling from the pot

I’m sitting here, quietly watching the sea, when the peace is shattered by raucous laughter – my own, that is. I am giggling with my

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25 April 201224 November 2019 Under the milkwood

The art of wasting time

Life, Reinvention, Work-life
The art of wasting time

In my former life, I had a “proper” job and tried my best to be a decent mother (mothers are always full-time, no matter what

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27 March 201220 January 2023 Under the milkwood

Here and now

Garden, Life, Trees, Work-life
Here and now

Not that long ago, I clawed and sweated my way along the corporate ladder. This was the done thing, so it seemed, and I worked

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