Not yet in Lesotho. Cultivating skills and self-education.

Hi, my friends. I leave for Lesotho on September 22 and am living at my parents' houses until then. I started off my summer doing some organic farming around Baton Rouge, and it was a fulfilling way to earn a few bucks. I killed 75 chickens in a day and learned how to butcher, I installed irrigation lines, and I picked watermelons, corn, cucumbers, beans, squash, tomatoes, and more. I really think that my long-term vision involves farming. It is a hard life, but worth it.

The middle of my summer was divided into a number of small trips. One was to visit ya boy Logan in Asheville, then attend the Cullowhee Native Plant Conference with Eric Vanbergen and Will Reinhardt. Will is such a lad, equally professor and friend. As part of the Microsoft shutdown, I ended up stuck in the Atlanta for 30+ hours. Fortunately though, I made some friends from London in the process.

Another voyage was to Colorado with my friend Chingyu. I came to many conclusions throughout our conversations together. One is that there are a lot of things I think I understand but only have the basest level of comprehension on. I am humbling myself to the finer points of an elementary education in topics like earth science, mathematics, and anthropology. 

Lately I have REALLY been wanting to play DND, and I miss having a group to entertain that idea with. In place of that, I have started to really enjoy doing jigsaw puzzles. I am preparing to take an exam next weekend at the Slidell HAM fest to become a certified amateur radio operator. It is a hobby of my stepfather's, so I hope to be able to communicate long-distance with him as he did with his father in his youth.

Other fun points:

• Started playing Yu-gi-oh. It is not a balanced game at all
• A friend bought me a ticket to an EDM festival, and I hated it. It felt like Sodom.
• I have been drawing on an iPad that someone gave me. I have always been envious of Abram's iPad workflow and it is time to learn a workflow of my own.
• Reading through Psalms has been quite enjoyable.
• I think I may be gluten or lactose intolerant, or have a stomach ulcer or something. Help.

If you want to follow my goings-on in Lesotho, try this link:

danielinlesotho.blogspot.com

Trying to see the light,

Daniel

A shrine found at a campsite in CO

Chingyu and I preparing for a hike

Stuck in the airport

Box turtle Eric found at a swimming spot

Best watermelons you will eat in your lifetime

When you squeeze a chicken carcass, it just makes a regular old chicken noise

Dead birb