My first post! A new blogger is born. I can't believe I've joined the bloggosphere. I always resist the tide of new things. I vowed I wouldn't get a cellphone - I hated the thought of being accessible all the time. Eventually I did. When MacDonalds came to town, I said I would never go there.... I did. Then when it came to blogs I thought it a terribly arrogant thing to do, sharing your postings with the world. Now I've come around to the idea. It struck me as a good way to write a diary. I'm not sure yet who I'm writing for. I can't do the pen and paper diary - it is boring without photographs and not easily shared with others. Maybe this is brought on by the distances I feel between me and family or friends that I want to share this time of my life with. Or perhaps it will be good memory bank just for me later on.
Umvemvane the name of my blog is Zulu for 'butterfly'. This is not quite the word I remember for butterfly - my nickname from childhood - back then it was uVeveshane... or something like that. Or is this my memory playing tricks on me? At least it wasn't iGundane which means 'rat' that was bestowed upon my younger sister Jo. Fortunately we don't use that name today. It doesn't apply. She grew into her new front teeth and curly hair. Let's just say that fortunately some of us are late bloomers.
