Limol #7

Officially in week 2 and feeling good. Went on a run this morning that was pretty slow first because my stomach was being funny, and hungry, and sick-feeling and second because I had a lot to think about. I ran out towards the canoe place again, which conveniently brings me past little girl Dabi's house who needed her 6am antibiotic hidden in peanut butter. She has such a sweet smile whenever I come by, which makes it all worth it. Tessa says her good temperament speaks volumes about her health so I'm reassured. After I pass Dabi's house, I pass Christina and Gidu's. Gidu is the town announcer and is unique for having  dreadlocks. He also killed a python two days ago and I got to see it, huge, coiled, and bleeding from a tree branch. I saw it again last night when they brought some over for our dinner! It was weird to eat, very chewy and muscly, but tasted like tuna. It was obviously a dear present for us. I thanked them again even though I think the python is to blame for my stomach pain and said hi to young Kidarga before reaching the edge of the village. From here, I jogged out, past the health post and the well path, past the community school, and past the network spot where some people's phones were getting a signal. The sun was coming up behind me and my legs swished through countless spider webby strings as I hit the tall grass on either side of the trail.

Today, I was mostly thinking about how I needed to write up a paper on Ende vowel harmony before all the patterns leave my head. I was also pondering myself and my temperament. Lauren and Grace say I'm moody, which of course I always knew, but I'd never considered it in a negative way before. I'm many wonderful things but I also get sad, angry, happy, irritated, silly, and frustrated very easily. I think I consider people who are always in the same mood to be rather duplicitous. Over the past few days I have taken a step back to guard my emotions and behavior, which I think just makes me seem standoffish and boring. Oh well, I have work to do.

I've done more than 50 recordings in the past two days - mostly songs - and some stories. Tonny has produced more texts and documents over the year since I've been gone than I ever expected. It's amazing. I'm struggling just to process all of it!

Kate

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  1. ElizabethNovember 26, 2017 at 3:24 PM

    There's NO way that you could ever convince someone to think that you're boring.

    What sort of texts and documents did Tonny compose? Transcribe?

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    1. Kate Lynn LindseyNovember 26, 2017 at 3:39 PM

      Four written texts: one on how to build a house, another on cooking methods, another on being healthy and a final one on how to build a garden. They were very nice :)

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    2. ElizabethNovember 27, 2017 at 9:03 AM

      What a varied assortment of topics! That's great! Are there any specific Ende ideas about being healthy?

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