Friday 1st November
We are still
somewhat frantically trying to fit in as many catch-ups with family and friends
as possible…
And yes, I
think when we leave, after a month at home, we will feel disappointed that we
didn’t see everyone, or that we didn’t see anyone for as long as we would have
liked. I feel as if I need to bend the
space/time continuum!! And…as Cedric,
one of Claire’s fellow students in the Welfare Studies course she did many
years ago always said, in lugubrious tones…I
just can’t… (Cedric went on to do yet another course, this time at Art
School. He was in his fifties, a
perpetual student, and I happen to know that his luckless teachers also heard
to the doleful refrain of I just can’t
whenever Cedric was called upon to do…well to do anything at all, really. Paint, draw, carve wood into attractive
shapes! I just can’t…)
Lots of good
news stories. Two lots of twins
due! One set due on New Years Eve, to
Dara and Danny. Another lot due some
time in April to Gabi and Jonno. The
next generation is coming on strong! Not
quite the same population explosion as in Indonesia…I think I have said that on
Sumba the average number of children per family is…TEN!!
A local story
which amused me… One of our friends had a new dishwasher installed, and
carefully put the old one outside on the front lawn, with a sign kindly
offering it to whoever might want to cart it away. It was still operational; they had only replaced
it because they wanted a trendy stainless steel look instead of that old thing - white. As you do.
It sat there, forlorn and unwanted, until… Brilliant idea. They took away the GIVE AWAY TO A GOOD HOME
sign and put one up saying FOR SALE.
$50. And…the dishwasher was
stolen from their lawn that very night.
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