You wouldn't believe what good luck I had carving this duck last night. I managed to get all the parts off so nicely, like it showed in my duck book! I was left with a very clean and neat looking carcass, which I brought upstairs to show to Brook. That was how proud I was of my duck carving. He laughed and shook his head, saying that I'm the only person he knows that would carry a duck carcass upstairs to show him. But you don't understand. In my piglet carving, some of my pieces and the carcass at the end my my carving expedition was pretty ugly looking. So I feel like I'm coming up in my carving capabilities. Or I just had a lucky streak. Actually that is probably more likely it. I was inspired to get a duck yesterday after I saw a recipe for a duck salad using matcha tea. Interesting, huh?
In other news, hot season is slowly coming upon us. The dust-filled air and baking heat. Mornings and evenings are still cool but I''m really starting to dread the baking heat from morning until night. Heat you can never escape from that permeates every part of your skin, clothes, hair and objects you touch... but be sure that I will talk more about it when it comes on full force. That's pretty much what everyone talks about when the hot season comes, the heat. In fact, it's a part of Tambacounda greetings here. How are you? How is your family? How is the heat? I'm not kidding. And the answer is "It's sure hot!" I'm not kidding about the answer either. There are about a few weeks where you can ask people how the cold weather is, but it doesn't have the same, suffering ring to it.
Just last night Danfaga (night guard) was all excited telling him how the hot season is coming. I looked at him with curiosity and horror. He said, "Yes... you see in the hot season you can walk around at night and just be at ease". So I say, "Yeah with cold season you can walk around too" And he's like "But it's so cold, you can't do anything!" (Mind you we're talking about 65-70 degree weather here). So I said, "Well you just put a sweater on and you're fine". He said, "Well if I put on a really huge winter coat on, I could walk around" but he said that as if who would want to do that. I guess on one level I'm glad there is someone who appreciates sauna-esque heat. I'm not one of them. I dread this season. I find that I talk about this dread a lot. Like now. Don't worry, I'll keep you posted on every nuance of the impending heat and its burning effects on life in Tambacounda.
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Keep up the good work.
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