by An-Magriet McKerrell | Aug 19, 2025 | Uncategorised
Last month, I went to a funeral of a patient, Greg, whom we all adored. As you can imagine, we are unable to attend all the funerals to which we are invited, but this family quickly crept into my heart. That is how Eddie and I found ourselves in the church pews on...
by An-Magriet McKerrell | Aug 12, 2025 | Uncategorised
I am dumbfounded at how much more we know today than we ever did before. Think of how we have moved on, even just in the last few centuries, from burning witches at stakes, confusing mental health problems for being demon-possessed, drilling holes in skulls for...
by An-Magriet McKerrell | Aug 5, 2025 | Uncategorised
Some things in life just happen without a command or instruction. Have you ever seen a herd of cows who suddenly start moving, all in the same direction and walk towards the dairy shed? It’s as if they automatically know what to do, and then they move as one, like a...
by An-Magriet McKerrell | Jul 29, 2025 | Uncategorised
In November of 2020, my staff reported that they saw a tokoloshe. For those not familiar with the phenomenon of the tokoloshe, this is how ChatGPT describes it: “The tokoloshe is a pint-sized, hairy mischief-maker from South African folklore – think evil gremlin...
by An-Magriet McKerrell | Jul 22, 2025 | Uncategorised
Picture this. It is July 2021. Covid’s third wave has hit the country with devastating effects. As with many things on this continent, we arrived late to the COVID drama – on what some jokingly call ‘African time’ – but when we did, the storm hit with...
