Sundown on another week

The picture you see is that of the sun
going down with the Kavango River
in the foreground (or is that forewater?).

The photo sets the mood ... the end of another
week out in the middle of the bush 70 km
from anywhere.

For every good week there is a bad one. This
one would go under the category of ... not too
great. It isn't like everything was rotten, it just
stunk.

It was a lot of barriers and hurdles to overcome
with little to show. But that is the roller coaster
ride we go through. 'This too shall pass' is the mantra
for this week.

I almost forgot to wish everyone a belated
Happy Thanksgiving Day. I am from New England
and I would have to argue, one of the best places
to be on that day. It is a little difficult to feel that
Thanksgiving vibe, even in the realm of nostalgia
when the temperature is about 95 to 100 degrees.
But I guess that that vibe really should come from
the heart. I guess if the week went better I'd be
feeling it.

The support garden is in kind of a floundering mode,
after electing a new management board, maybe it
will get moving. This one has been challenging lately.

The choir is going along and soon will have their little
DVD together. Yesterday was a little bit of a bad day
as they filmed about 5 songs. Take a guess as to how
many came out good. None of them, due to a couple
of crying babies that basically wailed throughout the
whole thing. Just one of those great volunteer days.
But you know, I am kind of immune to it all now.
Oh well, we'll just do it again tomorrow or never,
who knows in this gig.

One pretty positive thing was that the San Cultural Group
is on their way sometime next week to the national
dance competition. They are not competing but going
as sort of a demonstration entity. There is really no
category for the San styles of dancing, yet. So I guess
that this group is on the pioneer side of it at the moment.
It should give them some great exposure and also allow
them to be court side for the national dance competition.
A great experience for them.

The San are really trying to find a new way since they've
had to abandon their hunter/gatherer ways and to
best describe the situation, they are trying to find their
place in the Namibian society. Participating in the
national events should help get them better accepted.

There were a lot of other little irritations that I kind
of brushed aside.

Well, next week is a new week and maybe a new
energy. To repeat, this gig is all about this ebb and
flow jazz.