My improved frame of mind has also much to do with the fact that beauty is being created in the little furnaces of Djenné for my new organisation MaliMali (www.malimali.org) which is set up to develop and promote art, craft and textiles in Djenné.
Old flip-flops are being recycled to provide the new style of necklaces(see pic from July entry) which I hope will sweep Europe and even the US this coming spring (can you help, Neville?)