I worked from home on OCR scanning quite a bit of Kimirei’s master’s thesis, especially the parts on Maasai reconciliation. This thesis is a gold mine for me! Then I started getting notes into Nota Bene for dissertation citation.
I also went to what we would call the baccalaureate service for MHS, followed by a light dinner with great desserts, and then the graduation ceremony.
The service was nice, but less pomp and circumstance. Due to the value of being egalitarian, there are no caps and gowns. There is no procession. All the graduates sit with friends or family in the auditorium. There are more master’s students than bachelor’s students. Many of the master’s students are from outside Europe, including Madagascar, Ethiopia, Nepal, and Ghana.
The service was out at 9 PM, and I should have been thinking about what time the #2 bus was departing from the bus stop close to school. Just as I was thinking about heading home, I saw the bus drive by. So, I walked to downtown, and grabbed a bus toward Sandness. However, it wouldn’t take me close to home, so I had to switch buses by the mall, which was long closed. It was getting late. The X60 bus picked me up at 10:18. However, the sun hadn’t set yet!
I walked from the bus stop to home and took this picture at 10:23 PM with the sun still 22 minutes from sunset!
Tomorrow, there will not be a blog post. Knut is taking the Maasai Research trio with Anya to his family cabin. There is no running water or electricity! So, definitely no WIFI. Thus, no way to make a post. I’ll bring back photos. I was talking to Knut’s wife tonight about the beaver that lives by their cabin, and then also some snakes! Stories to come Sunday evening.