Oh, this one didn’t get sent! I found it in the draft folder
More Maasai today for me, with some Oral Liturature of the Maasai, which has been preserved by Naomi Kipury. I can only take so much of these, which I relayed to Anya mid-morning as she was working on her tapioca recipe. She asked why, so I relayed one to her about the crow who wanted to marry a woman. I paused at one point, and Anya prodded me on, so there was something going for this story. But by the time I finished, she had addressed so many of the same issues I had, like: Why didn’t she just climb down the tree and run away? How can a crow look like a human?
I read up on anthropological, historical, linguistic, and archaeological theories of the expansion of the Maasai from where and when, as well as different theories of ethnicity.
There was a bit more writing, and a contact with Jean and Marv, who are willing to read and critique the Maasai section. They know the Maasai and good writing, so it will be good to face their challenges.
Anya did some cooking and streaming Netflix.
I learned from NPR today that there are plans to make a new MacGyver series. Yea! We love MacGyver. But in the new series the lead will be a female. NPR was wondering if it would be an Indian woman, as there are so many engineers coming out of India! I found it interesting that MacGyver is big in many places in the “majority world” (formerly third-world, formerly two-thirds world), because his problem solving was done not with high-tech gadgetry, but with what is available and duct tape. Hey, Marv, they are inviting ideas from anyone all over the world to submit ideas. The top 5 get to collaborate on the pilot episode! I’m busy, otherwise, I’d suggest MacGuyver meets Monk in a female lead. I love the “community” concept of Monk where each person’s gifts are needed to bring out the best (and overcome the weaknesses) in the other.