Wednesday, August 20, 2014
Friday, August 8, 2014
Yams.
Yams are a big deal here. If the yams from your garden are scrawny, it means you haven't been behaving properly and as a result the yam "meat" translocated itself to another garden.
And the other day I found out that people here used to have these enormous yam gardens. They'd dig up all the yams at once, paint each one, then build a 3 or 4 story structure to house them all. Then for weeks people would guard the giant yam pile, sleeping on and around it for weeks until they'd throw a huge yam party where people would come from all over to eat the yams and have lots of sex.
Now is that fascinating or is that fascinating??
And the other day I found out that people here used to have these enormous yam gardens. They'd dig up all the yams at once, paint each one, then build a 3 or 4 story structure to house them all. Then for weeks people would guard the giant yam pile, sleeping on and around it for weeks until they'd throw a huge yam party where people would come from all over to eat the yams and have lots of sex.
Now is that fascinating or is that fascinating??
Things are looking up!
Things are looking up! I've been doing a lot of linguistics, eating lots of pineapple, and I've figured out why I'm getting dog lice from Rover--bye bye dog lice!
But I'm really looking forward to being on that flight. The other day I remembered how 6 months ago I saw this trip as a good way to get me out of my day-to-day existence, shuffling around in slippers nursing hot morning or cold evening beverages and avoiding leaving my apartment for days on end.
And now what do I spend most my time thinking about besides Chini linguistics? Shuffling around in my slippers nursing hot morning and cold evening beverages. How glorious the thought!
But I'm really looking forward to being on that flight. The other day I remembered how 6 months ago I saw this trip as a good way to get me out of my day-to-day existence, shuffling around in slippers nursing hot morning or cold evening beverages and avoiding leaving my apartment for days on end.
And now what do I spend most my time thinking about besides Chini linguistics? Shuffling around in my slippers nursing hot morning and cold evening beverages. How glorious the thought!
A puppy!
(Ghost-poster's note: Joseph sends me his posts by cell phone, and I put them up. I have been also out of cell phone contact for about a month, so now I'm posting several of Joseph's entries all at once. Enjoy!)
A couple of weeks ago an ex-Peace Corps guy here offered to a few of us the following wisdom:
"PNG. If you can make it here, you can make it here." Genius.
Lately a number of things have conspired to make me pretty miserable, so I'm trying to focus on the positive. One great thing that happened is: I have a puppy!! Which the villagers named Rover, oddly enough. Before I left the village for a break he was yelping, being overrun by lice. I washed all the lice off and snuggled him by the fire. And the basically the whole village became obsessed with him, fed him tons, and now he's twice the size of his brother.
He's adorable, follows me around everywhere. Unfortunately, though even if I delouse him first, every time I play with him I get dog lice for 2-3 days. Ugh.
A couple of weeks ago an ex-Peace Corps guy here offered to a few of us the following wisdom:
"PNG. If you can make it here, you can make it here." Genius.
Lately a number of things have conspired to make me pretty miserable, so I'm trying to focus on the positive. One great thing that happened is: I have a puppy!! Which the villagers named Rover, oddly enough. Before I left the village for a break he was yelping, being overrun by lice. I washed all the lice off and snuggled him by the fire. And the basically the whole village became obsessed with him, fed him tons, and now he's twice the size of his brother.
He's adorable, follows me around everywhere. Unfortunately, though even if I delouse him first, every time I play with him I get dog lice for 2-3 days. Ugh.
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