June 20 was a milestone birthday for me and I decided I must celebrate appropriately. First, we went to a Music Festival at Botswanacraft sponsored by the Alliance Francaise. It was wonderful: all kinds of music and dance from local bands: traditional, classical, hiphop, afropop, heavy metal (!), hard rock (!), blues, kwasa kwasa, afrojazz, rumba, and more. It was really fun; as the afternoon wore on it got cold of course (it is still winter here) and so bonfires were lit. Around 7 we moved to the Red Lantern Chinese restaurant in Broadhurst. I had invited several friends, mostly from UB, for dinner. (I also wanted to thank them for being so supportive of me and my research over the past six months.) We closed down the restaurant and had a very good time, including moving speeches. Another of my friends here noted that reaching this birthday is 'an achievement.' I am not sure people in the US see age-ing in the same way, but here, where life expectancy is falling but also where elders are honored, one would see such a milestone in this way. 
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