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Charlotte's Web

Charlotte's Web

http://www.charlotteotter.wordpress.com

I am an expat South African living in Germany. Charlotte's Web is my spin on being an expat, parenting, reading, blogging, movies, food, writing and travel.

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  • South Africa: Drugs for HIV+ Babies

    Posted on Tuesday December 1st, 2009 at 11:15 in south africa, aids, world aids day

    According to a report from the BBC, South African president Jacob Zuma announced today, World AIDS Day, that his government would provide all HIV-positive babies under the age of one with antiretrovirals. He also promised that the drugs would become ...

  • What I Am Grateful For: Books

    Posted on Friday November 27th, 2009 at 02:28 in books, reading

    I am having to cancel our family’s attendance at a Thanksgiving dinner tonight since three out of five are ill, but I am still grateful. Mourning the pumpkin spice cake, but grateful. Like Litlove, today I am grateful for books. What reason do ...

  • Dani Noir

    Posted on Thursday November 26th, 2009 at 04:13 in reviews, inspiration, blogging, writing, writers

    One of the joys of blogging is being able to connect with writers all over the world, right here from The Dorf, Germany. One writer whom I “met” early in my blogging days was New Yorker Nova Ren Suma, who blogs at Distraction No. 99. Nova...

  • Fighting Entitlement

    Posted on Monday November 23rd, 2009 at 09:29 in women, feminism

    One of the things that I’ve had to face as a white South African is that the many advantages I had were largely due to my privileged position – the apartheid government spent more money on my education, made sure the hospitals I went to w...

  • I is for Insight

    Posted on Wednesday November 18th, 2009 at 10:54 in writing, alphabet

    Better people than me are doing it and I am not one to ignore a bandwagon. Behold the bullet point post: I wish I’d had the insight to make this blog anonymous – there are things I feel like saying but because people I know read Charlott...

  • H is for Harry

    Posted on Friday November 6th, 2009 at 05:30 in children, children's books, memoir, harry potter, childbirth, alphabet

    I don’t usually go forĀ  alternate realities in my own reading, but my imagination has been captured over the years by the triumverate of The Lord of the Rings, Mervyn Peake’s superb Gormenghast trilogy and the Harry Potter books. I so mu...

Comments & Reviews

This blog is currently rated a 5.00 out of a possible 5 based on 2 comments.

sergeosyd

5 stars Sergei

Great site.

Posted: November 18th, 2007 | More Reviews From sergeosyd | Report This Comment

5 stars Mel

Hi Charl,

Just having a gander through your blog - cannot wait to catch up, but I'll leave the writing to you!

Posted: June 24th, 2007 | Report This Comment

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