LYNDALL CAIN

WRITER

LYNDALL CAIN

WRITER

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June: new hair, new antidepressants 👍, new frie

June: new hair, new antidepressants 👍, new friendship piercings with Liv (and gelato).

Photo 4: when I asked my hairdresser if I could keep my pony so that I could donate it to be made into a wig, she said, “Yes, but could you take these other three too?” So for a few weeks I was carrying around three strangers’ ponytails in my bag.

Picture 5: haircut inspiration.

Here are some photos of friends celebrating Meg’

Here are some photos of friends celebrating Meg’s birthday in Kogelberg, where we stayed for a few nights. 90% of the photos taken were of them as I was the only one to take my phone along with me. The last photo is a collage of the few snaps of me that do exist from the weekend, just to prove I was there (and not out stalking this lot).

Meanwhile on Eskom se push, as I stand holding a c

Meanwhile on Eskom se push, as I stand holding a candle in a pickle jar…

[For my Canadian friends, you may have heard me complaining about loadshedding (i.e. the induced rolling blackouts we have here due to a lack of electricity to power the country as a whole, all at once). “Eskom se push” is the app we use to see when our area will be having loadshedding. It also has a chat function, which was initially created so that you could talk to/complain with your neighbours about electricity cuts, but has since evolved, or maybe devolved…]

Copyright © Lyndall Cain 2023. All photos and words by the writer. All rights reserved.

Copyright © Lyndall Cain 2023. All photos and words by the writer. All rights reserved.