19 October 2009 – Left Overs

We finished up the paving slabs a few days ago, once we got our system down it was smooth. Here are a few snapshots from then and today. Tomorrow is a holiday, Kenyatta Day. The 10th was Moi Day. Were playing through on this one.
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After Gilbert and I laid the slabs, Musembi would steady the [...]

13 October 2009 – About Sixty Reasons

This morning I tried not to swear, out loud or to myself. Pretty good success with the former, and fifty-nine failures with the latter. One for each of my, as of today, mounting years. Work was unhinging me. Once I thought the top of my head was going to blow off. We were laying out [...]

4 October 2009 – Karai

When it comes to construction, things are usually pretty straightforward here. We dig, we stack, we shape, we hoist, we level, we pass heavy things one to another. We obey the laws of physics, as much by inclination as constraint.
Take the karai, as an example.
Elsewhere it might find work as a holy water fount, a [...]