IF WE DON'T GET SOME RAIN AND I MEAN SOON, PEOPLE WILL BE MAKING THATCH FOR SHADE, NOT FOR RAIN PROTECTION. IT HAS RAINED SINCE MY LAST ENTRY, AT LEAST NOT HERE.
IT MUST BE RAINING SOMEWHERE, THE DARK STORM CLOUDS COME AND FLIRT OVER THE VILLAGE AND DELIVER THE GOODS SOME WHERE ELSE.
THE VILLAGERS CANNOT REMEMBER SUCH A PROLONGED DRY SEASON; I KNOW THAT THIS IS THE DRIEST IT HAS BEEN IN THE SIX YEARS THAT I HAVE LIVED HERE. THE LOCALS ARE LIVING OFF OF THE RICE THAT THEY STORED FROM THE LAST HARVEST, BUT THEY ARE QUITE CONCERNED THAT THERE WILL BE NO RICE FOR NEXT YEAR.Y HOPE THAT OTHER RURAL AREAS ARE FARING BETTER.
THIS WAS A YEAR OF DWARF PINEAPPLES, RUNT BANANAS AND A LIMITED MANGO HARVEST, EVEN THE LIME TREES HAVE LOST THEIR BLOSSOMS.
