Mood lighting

It has been a while since I've posted to
this blog. In the meantime I've been back
home to the States for a month's leave.

I arrived back in the village last weekend
and have begun my third year here.

It takes a few days to get back in the swing
of things for the obvious reason that the life
in the States as compared to here is very
different. It takes energy to grasp a hold of
the 'now' and the wheels in the brain were
spinning continuously marking the differences
from here and there.

But it is back and it is time to get back to
business.

I went to the cultural group's practice yesterday
and they were highly motivated and it was
really fun and the energy was proverbially off
the charts. We've gotten a new skin to replace
the one on the second new drum. That was
the one that the kids destroyed within the first
week. It is a duiker skin and should be a few
times stronger than a goat skin. They said that
the duiker skin should last at least three years.
All we have to do is get the man who made the
drums to do the process of treating the skin and
make it fit.

We did a little home improvement as you can
see in the picture. With electricity at what is best
described as 'sometimes' we have to always
have the candle back ups.

We made four of these wall mounted candle holders
out of some wood that was laying around. One person
mentioned that we are getting the old castle lighting
scheme going.

They may call it that but I call it mood lighting. In fact,
it's really kind of nice at night and has a peaceful and
tranquil effect which is a good way to end anyone's
day.

So, it is back in the saddle again and as things get
moving, I will be posting more entries.

One more year and more ahead.