A Week Gone By

Friday June 7, 2013

Hello again intrepid reader! A week has passed with 2 micro businesses visited and talked with at length under now not one but 2 mango trees – and why not – the days are gorgeous, the breeze cool and the swapping of stories and cultures a delight.

Folks arrive as they might, some a little early, many quite late – they laugh about African time the same way we do about Hawaiian time.

Joyce and I met with a government official who knows the bee hive uniform man in Bungoma, and for about $50 we’ll get this group the where with all to harvest the honey next week.

The gov’t guy will come with us and train how to grab that honey, which, once done, should lead to a long and profitable relationship with the bees.

I’ll do my best to buy a jar and bring it home!

Medicinal you know!

Tonight I’m planning to stargaze.

John, one of the Indiana Univ. students here, suggests the schoolyard at night for a magnificent view of the Milky Way.

Since there’s no electricity to speak of in this entire corner of Kenya, it should be dark enough for a great view....I just hope to be in and out before the bats come out for dinner!

Tomorrow marks Tea’s 13^th birthday, happy birthday sweetie!!

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