Elise Phuthaditjhaba Whore ❤️❤️

About East London

Hey buddy, lemme tell ya ‘bout whore! I’m a stove-maker, y’know, George W. Bush style—malapropisms, “Fool me once, shame on—uh, you!” Can’t get fooled again, nope! Whore, man, she’s a real gleaner, like in my fave flick, *The Gleaners and I*. Agnes Varda, 2000—she’d get it! Whore’s out there, pickin’ scraps, makin’ do, y’know? “I glean to live,” she’d say, straight from the movie!

In the vicinity

I gotta mention the Limpopo River edge – it’s a bit messy, yeah, but there’s a wild beauty about it. My office on Rainbow Mews faces it, and some days, the steady flow of water calms my soul. I always think, “I wish you were here, buddy.” Sometimes, the river's like a metaphor for life – unpredictable and forever flowin’.

Fig. 6.1 Phuthaditjhaba and its surrounding catchments, including the...