'Teen die pad, Die Bos' (Alongside the road, The Bush) -- 'I long to live in a house' -- Sense-scapes : senses and emotion in the making of place -- Relationships that count and how to count them -- 'Just working for food' : making a living, making do and getting by -- Truth, lies, stories and straight-talk : on addressing another --Illness and accompaniment -- Raw life, new hope? -- Endnotes -- Glossary of select Afrikaans terms.