It turns out that I got concussed in South Africa, so things have been a bit slow over here. I got hit on the head with a palm tree while I was on the Hop on Hop Off bus in Cape Town. It wasn’t diagnosed until almost a month. Concussions take about six months to […]
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Live blogging “Splash!” the movie
I realized I haven’t live-blogged a movie since I live Tweeted “Fifty Shades of Grey.” So I decided to watch “Splash!” and record my thoughts. Maybe I’ll regret this in the morning. Hopefully it won’t hurt my brand. Going to record my reactions to “Splash!”, a movie I loved as a kid. When I was […]
Literary event in Cape Town, South Africa
When I was in Cape Town, South Africa, I attended a book launch for a short story collection. I wrote a column about the experience. I’ve been writing this column for 10 years. Off the Shelf
Write reads podcast “After Canada reads”
I thought I would be able to write when I was in South Africa, but I found that I was too busy experiencing South Africa and learning about it to write much of anything. It was an incredible country, and my experience there affected me deeply. I’ve been back for 10 days, and I am […]
What I experienced travelling from Dubai to the US on an United Arab Emirates flight
At the beginning of January, I booked my flight to South Africa. Since I had several requirements (wanting to arrive on a specific day), not wanting to fly through Turkey, and not flying in a route that was extra expensive or overly long, I booked a flight from Edmonton to Seattle to Dubai to Johannesburg […]
Day 1
When I had last posted, I had just arrived in Africa. We had a nice buffet style dinner the first night. The food at our resort is good and there’s lots of variety. People in this part of the world don’t think that it’s a meal unless there are many different kinds of meat, so […]
I’ve arrived
I’ve arrived. The journey was a long, long one. I started out in Canada, and went through US customs in Canada. This was uneventful and anti-climatic. I was one of few people at the Edmonton airport. My flight to Seattle only had 25 people on it, and we all had seats to ourselves. After about […]
Trip preparation
A few people have asked for some details about the conference. I’m going to the congress of the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists. Every year, the International Federation of Agricultural Journalists holds a meeting. The location moves to a different country every year. Canada hosted in the congress in Guelph in 2011. This is the […]
How I ended up on a trip to South Africa
I did my undergraduate degree in International Studies, with a focus on race and ethnic relations. I guess you could say my interests lie more in developing countries, rather than developed ones. I studied ethnic conflicts around the world, anthropology, sociology, history, politics and development. After my undergraduate degree, I ended up doing a […]
I’m going to South Africa
Here’s the press release- Press release- Alberta journalist wins 2017 CFWF International Bursary (Ormstown, Quebec) Agricultural reporter Alexis Kienlen has been selected as this year’s recipient of the Canadian Farm Writers’ Federation (CFWF) International Bursary, sponsored by Monsanto. Kienlen, based in Edmonton, AB, has worked extensively in agriculture, primarily as a staff reporter for the […]