Attie Heunis's Journey

The ramblings of a Caucasian African American

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Originally from South Africa’s magnificent Eastern Cape, my family and I now reside in Pennsylvania in the United States. To earn my keep I’m an executive for a multinational company in the Healthcare sector. I’m also a serious amateur photographer. Pro-environmental and conservation views.

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  • US Justice steps up to the plate… finally

    Alvin K Hellerstein, a federal judge, ordered the release of more pictures of prisoners being abused at Abu Ghraib. The US government argued against this – saying that releasing the pictures would “would aid al-Qaeda recruitment, weaken the Afghan and Iraqi governments and incite riots against American troops”. I don’t think the government has any…

  • Happy Birthday Blog!

    Today, exactly one year ago I created my first post. So far I have found it a very worthwhile exercise. Much better than watching trash on TV anyway!

  • Ominous South African land seizure

    There are reports that the South-African government is moving to sieze land for the first time. I’m always sceptical about these kind of reports, but this story has been carried on CNN, BBC and IOL. Interestingly though, it is not carried by News24. If it is true, it is very very worrying. Zimbabwe is the…

  • Potgooi 11

    Ons gesels oor Kyknet/Kuduclub se JA, Hoekom ons en ander Londen toe kom, Wolf Brother, Londen dieretuin, Flickr, Google Blog Search en nog meer. Verwysings: kykNET en Wolf Brother (boek) en Londen dieretuin en Blou Bulle en Flickr en My Flickr bladsy en My blog (scroll af om die flickr ad te sien) Google Blog…

  • The London Zoo

    We visited The London Zoo today. I was hoping to practice taking wildlife photography, but it didn’t quite work out that way. The animals are either behind glass or fencing, which of course makes photographing them difficult. This tiger photo is the best I could do. But, even though it looks OK here, it was…

  • Potgooi 10

    Ons gesels oor ons Europese vakansie, rook in Europa, Chinese name, Hurricane Katrina, Krieket, die Tories, Israel, Pienk voete en nog meer. Verwysings: Parys fotos en George Claassen en Eurostar en Hawaii deur James Michener. of laai af.

  • Weekend trip to Northern Germany

    We got back from our long-weekend trip to Northern Germany on Monday. The main reason for the trip was that one of my wife’s best friends gave birth to a girl 6 months ago and we wanted to introduce ourselves. This (on the photo) is her. Her name is Tabea and she is adorable. Anke…

  • Hilda Smits: towenaar

    Julle kan gerus na Hilda Smits se dig blog gaan loer by dignet. Sy is vreeslik goed, nee eintlik is sy briljant. Ek is besig om ‘n website te bou teen trofee jag (by StopHunting.org) en toe vra ek haar of sy weet van ‘n natuur gedig wat ek kan gebruik. Sy het toe vanself…

  • Our Parisian breakaway

    As you might have gathered from my previous post, we had a superb breakaway to Paris for the bank-holiday weekend. We saw many of the sites including: The Pompidou Centre, The Notre Dame, The Eiffel Tower, The Sacre Coeur, The Champs ElysTes, The Louvre & The Arc de Triomphe. Paris just has sooo much to…

  • The one disgusting thing about the French

    We have just returned from a superb weekend in Paris. I love Europe and, despite sleaze balls like Chirac, I love ze French. I find them friendly; their food is fantastic; they’re very professional; they’re proud yet socially responsible and compassionate; their children are well behaved (much more than the Poms, for instance) and their…