Shit

While everybody is waiting for the most important feast of the year (Eid el Adha) and is preparing for the winter, my main concern every day is : does my baby son shit, when does he shit and how does he shit.

When he did, he looks at me with twinkling eyes and a big smile on his face. Soon after I changed his diaper, he will go to sleep peacefully.

Last week, many storks flew over heading south, a sign that winter will unavoidably start soon. Until now, the weather is mild. The wind is coming from the Sea. That can change quickly. Also last week, we had the wind coming from the North for a few days which felt like a complete different season.

The same days that we had long power cuts after sundown, because everybody was turning on the electrical heating. Many still have to buy “mazoot” (fuel oil). The power cuts are getting shorter in time. Yesterday, only half an hour. Today at 19:30, we were still fine. The mild temperatures are helping.

The village is expanding and people have more money for electrical appliances these days. The power supply is not sufficient on peak moments. I keep reminding everybody who wants to hear that the decadent number of outside lamps burning every night until the morning is a waste of electricity. Electricity that is needed for more useful, even essential, things.

There are not many “believers”. The village still looks like a X-mas tree at night, i.e. when the power is on.