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2Summers - An American in quirky Johannesburg

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Ten weeks ago, when I published my first Buying and Renovating a House in Joburg post, I envisioned my second post would be the triumphant culmination of the story. I imagined returning just after New Years to report that the renovations were completed as planned in mid-December, and we spent the holidays putting the finishing [...]


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For me (and for many others), 2025 was a strange and sporadically horrible year. I spent much of 2025 feeling anxious and depressed for various reasons, and I blogged less than I have in any year since I started 2Summers. This is a shame because I traveled to a lot of really amazing places in [...]


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On Saturday morning, in the middle of a very heavy rainstorm, 70 members of the African Reclaimers Organization came to Brixton to do a major cleanup with our community. Despite the absolutely terrible weather, the group collected 500 bags of rubbish, cleared six storm water drains, and cleaned up several major dumping sites around the [...]


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Even though I only live five minutes away from Melville, my former Joburg home of 11 years, I've become pretty out of the loop when it comes to what's happening there. I don't get out much in Melville these days, especially at night, and when I do I tend to hit up the same old [...]


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I couldn't narrow it down to a single photo this week, so here is a series of photos I took of three artists working on a mosaic for our Brixton house. Gavasa and Mosa work on a mosaic for our house; this one is for the bathroom in the garden cottage. I love how [...]


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