We last visited South Africa in Dec. 2019 and spent January 2020 in CT, one of our three or four favorite world cities. Been there mostly for fun, but in 2006, gave some lectures for our Dept. of State on Analytic Journalism in Durban and Grahamstown. Tom
On Thu, Aug 7, 2025 at 1:41 PM Pieter Steenekamp <[email protected]> wrote: > Very nice to hear you travelled from Durban to Cape Town! When was > that—was it a vacation? > > Regarding your question about my little hometown: unless you specifically > wanted to visit it, you wouldn’t have passed through it on the route from > Durban to Cape Town. Depending on which route you took, you may have passed > through Mossel Bay—our “big town.” Then you’d need to turn off the main > road a few kilometres after Mossel Bay (heading towards Cape Town). Then > it's about 20 km from the turnoff. > > Interesting people? I wouldn’t go so far as to boast about that. There’s a > local joke that all we need is a roof over the place and then we’d have a > retirement home. Most people here are quite conservative—think MAGA-style, > like in the US. > > But they’re my people and I love them. I just avoid talking about stuff > like politics or religion with them. That is just too painful for me. > > On Thu, 7 Aug 2025 at 21:05, Tom Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Looks to be a lovely little town, Pieter. I have driven the Garden Route >> from Durban south, eventually to CT, but I don't recall GOURITSMOND. Is it >> large enough to have interesting people besides yourself? >> Tom >> >> On Wed, Aug 6, 2025 at 1:02 PM Pieter Steenekamp < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I’d be surprised if anyone finds this particularly interesting, but I >>> live on a farm just outside the small town of Gouritsmond, South >>> Africa—that little place featured in this video. >>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHMy-qOe1vA >>> >>> .- .-.. .-.. / ..-. --- --- - . .-. ... / .- .-. . / .-- .-. --- -. --. >>> / ... --- -- . / .- .-. . / ..- ... . ..-. ..- .-.. >>> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >>> Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom >>> https://bit.ly/virtualfriam >>> to (un)subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >>> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >>> archives: 5/2017 thru present >>> https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ >>> 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ >>> >> >> >> -- >> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> Tom Johnson - [email protected] >> +1 505 577 6482 >> Santa Fe, New Mexico USA >> >> *New Mexico Writers <https://nmwriters.org/>*++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> .- .-.. .-.. / ..-. --- --- - . .-. ... / .- .-. . / .-- .-. --- -. --. / >> ... --- -- . / .- .-. . / ..- ... . ..-. ..- .-.. >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom >> https://bit.ly/virtualfriam >> to (un)subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >> archives: 5/2017 thru present >> https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ >> 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ >> > .- .-.. .-.. / ..-. --- --- - . .-. ... / .- .-. . / .-- .-. --- -. --. / > ... --- -- . / .- .-. . / ..- ... . ..-. ..- .-.. > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom > https://bit.ly/virtualfriam > to (un)subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: 5/2017 thru present > https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ > 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ > -- ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Tom Johnson - [email protected] +1 505 577 6482 Santa Fe, New Mexico USA *New Mexico Writers <https://nmwriters.org/>*++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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