The crazy thing about this blog is sometimes there are many visitors from all over the world. Sometimes, there are just a few visitors from city names that I can recognize or see repeated visits. Yesterday, was one of the few visitors days and today has many unknown cities listed. I never know who is visiting, just that there are a number from Bellevue or Seattle, etc.
It was a blustery and rainy morning. I sent Anya off to school with rain pants on, as an umbrella would be frustrating against the wind and not keep her legs dry with the rain coming at an angle. It was not nice.
Today, I stayed at home and spent it reading the inter-library loan book on the Maasai. So, while I’m really done with the Maasai chapter, it is good to have a review and pick up a few more quotes and round out some concepts. His introductory chapters didn’t have much new that I need, but good to read.
I’m looking forward to the next chapters, as they will have more engagement with the Maasai worldview, not just the ethnographic descriptions. He also is using a metaphor to represent the Maasai worldview. This seems related to my “contextual, conceptual paradigm” (or lens) so I’m interested to see how he develops this. He uses the oreteti tree as a metaphor of the Maasai worldview. The oreteti tree is from the fig family. And since I have no exciting pictures of the day, enjoy the tree.
Tomorrow, I should have more on the metaphor! Hopefully, more on the liminal zone tomorrow too!
With blessings,
Beth
Great tree! Thanks!