Above you see the method of heating a room/section of a room a la Kenya. The metal is a tube, punched with holes, with a screen at the lower end of the tube. The tube is sitting in a saucer (to catch the ashes) and this whole thing is mounted on legs which keep the tube/saucer off the floor. Charcoal is placed inside the tube, lit (never found out how it is ignited) and then placed where heat is needed. It is quite effective and never seemed to be a threat. No flames, just red hot glowing coals.

Secondly there are some kids from the
Maasai village. How many of YOU had
to lug around your
sibling for hours on end? I wonder if Mum had to tell big brother to hold the kid?, or if he just picked him up as a matter of course?

I have enjoyed the Potluck we had tonight for the Wilmore Creation Care group. Twenty-five folk and several kittens. Nancy Sleeth and Matthew were the "guest speakers" though they feel more like plain folk. No celebrity status for them!!! Read the book "Serve God Save the Planet" if you want to see where they are coming from. Nancy wrote "Go Green $ave Green" which is VERY practical. And the daughter (now 18) wrote "It is easy being Green" for younger twenty-somethings to read - geared for College kids. WE MUST get the world to be more consumer conscious (read, 'spend less first world' countries and recycle!! etc) Plus compost, sustainable food products, use both sides of the paper, save water, grow a garden, SHARE TOOLS etc and more etc.

I think I should write something of more depth - a piece of poetry maybe. Tomorrow.