Author Archives: Rossandra White

About Rossandra White

A fourth-generation South African, Rossandra White spent her first twenty-two years in the copper mining town of Nkana, Zambia as well as a number of years in Zimbabwe. Family holidays consisted of trips across Africa in a boxy tin can of a car with Corky the parrot. Just as Shell Oil decided to chronicle the family’s eccentric trips, the war with the Mau-Maus in east Africa scuttled their chance for fame and fortune. At twenty-two, she achieved her lifelong dream of emigrating to America along with a husband and one and a half babies. The marriage didn’t last. And then she met the ideal man, her perfect fit. Together they bought an old 1920s cottage--the "Hobbit House"--in Laguna Beach and made pottery together. Rossandra started writing a fictionalized version of her childhood, which became the novels, MONKEY'S WEDDING and MINE DANCES. When her twenty-five year marriage ended, she wrote the memoir, LOVEYOUBYE. She still lives in the Hobbit House along with her two Staffordshire Bull Terriers, Fergie and Jake.

Reflection on The A-Z Challenge

Posted on May 15, 2013 by Rossandra White

For two years in a row now I’ve completed the challenge. I had a blast. This year at least. Not so much last year. Halfway through the alphabet I was on holiday in England where I reconnected with old pals … Continue reading →

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Z is For Zyzzyva

Posted on April 30, 2013 by Rossandra White

Zyzzyva – A genus of tropical American weevil often found in association with palms. Pronounced ziz-e-va, it is a yellowish snouted beetle, no longer than an ant. It was first discovered in 1922 in Brazil, and named by an Irishman … Continue reading →

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Y is For Yellow

Posted on April 29, 2013 by Rossandra White

Yellow - The color of gold, butter, or ripe lemons. The word “yellow” comes from the Old English geolu, geolwe, meaning “yellow, yellowish”, derived from the Proto-Germanic word gelwaz.  It is commonly associated with gold, sunshine, reason, optimism, pleasure, happiness and … Continue reading →

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X is For eXcited

Posted on April 27, 2013 by Rossandra White

Excited – Enthusiastic. Sexually aroused.  The former definition, not the latter. Not for this particular blog anyway. It’s about the book cover for my soon to be released memoir, Loveyoubye. I haven’t said much about what’s been happening on the road … Continue reading →

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