Friday, October 2, 2009
The last couple of afternoons it has looked and felt like it could rain, but nothing has materialized. We are seeing more and more fields being burned off in anticipation of the rainy season, including some very steep slopes on the mountain to the north. Yesterday we invited the practice teachers from Dar es Salaam University to see what we had been doing in the library. I was surprised that they were unaware of book cataloging in any form. The same seems to be true of some of the tutors here. Amazing.
Fred—Wednesday September 30
Another power outage this afternoon. It lasted a little over an hour. The good news is that we have water back at all places. For the last two days we have had water in the courtyard but not in the bathroom. That has now been rectified. Early in the afternoon it looked and felt as if we could get rain, and the view of the mountains to the south was obscured as if rain were falling there, but none fell at the house. By late afternoon the mountains had reappeared. Wind is very strong this afternoon, too strong to sit out on the porch and read. Another power outage around 7 PM. This time the watchman brought us candles, which we did not use. We went to bed early and power was restored some time in the night.