Updating blog

I have put in some events without writing much about them..notes really. I am in the process of going back and filling in days, events, and bits of reflection. Now that I am home, I see that I tended to write when I was a little stressed which makes some entries seem not as much of a celebration as I might have been experiencing.

I told Patience that I was nervous during our visit to Dzivaguru. She said, you are always nervous. This could be true. I don’t know if I will ever be able to convey the experience of the Dzivaguru village. Playing mbira for a village of spirit mediums with little chicks running through the hut and the enchantment of older women dancers with radiant smiles and sadza eaten from wooden plates with our hands in a kitchen with an open pit fire are only part of an experience that will be with me forever. Our 3 day prayer when doing back to Bushbaby using the blessed tobacco was a very rich ending to the 14 days of mbira playing. I will try to write more about this but the experience was bigger than I understand.