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Ethiopian Summer

Open grass steppe, 699 m up

Kept by Delphine R. since 6 November 2026

EREM-N0913-E04912 · 9.2250°N 49.2083°E

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White Terrace Hold. Day, the dry, as always.A painting, not the record · the album (1)

Right now

Clear and mild here, 05:57 local, the dry, as always, first light.

Animals here this month: lion (feeding), buffalo (rutting), wildebeest (migrating), antelope (rutting), wild ass (feeding), fox (feeding).

This season: a plague of mice.

The land

Gently rolling ground under open grass steppe, 699 m up; the sea about 140 km away; hot desert.

The patch is about 1.85 km north to south and 1.83 km across.

What stands here

The reed hut

THE REED HUT — on the low knoll. House-sized, about 6 m. Reed, earth, stone. On the ground.
"A stout reed hut roofed with earth, set low out of the wind with a central hearth"
A roof of earth atop the top: pitched low to shed rain and heavy gusts. A hearth of stone inside the centre: set with flat stones to hold the embers through the night. A doorway of reed facing the south: fitted with a heavy latch on the leeward side. A storage rack of reed along the north side, hung with dry provisions, cordage, and spare gear.
Of this land: reed, earth, stone.

The way shrine

THE WAY SHRINE — beside the north hill. Small, about 4 m. Reed, rope, bronze. On the ground.
"A quiet reed enclosure with a carved post and a sheltered offering shelf"
An altar stone of reed inside the centre: worn smooth by salt air and rain. A lantern hook of bronze at the front: lit at dusk when travellers are abroad.
Of this land: reed, rope. Carried here: bronze.

The story, as Delphine R. tells it

White Terrace Hold was laid out by Delphine Roy, who marked the low knoll first and set the reed hut to face out of the prevailing weather.
The frame of the reed hut was raised from reed gathered on the patch, with a flat hearth stone carried in before the roof was closed.
They keep a dry stack of fuel beside the reed hut and share the first meal at the hearth with any traveller who crosses the low knoll.
Before winter sets in they check the lashings and stones of the way shrine and sing the names of the first four who came.

These are the lines heard at this hour. Others wait for their weather, their season, or their visitor.

The people

THE PEOPLE OF ETHIOPIAN SUMMER — herders, hunters, and gardeners, seasonal, in bands.
Names from their own tongue. They hold the rain sacred.
They keep: rain songs; age groups; burial in the fire; the feast of the rains' return; gifts to strangers; winter camps away.
They like earth, hide, clear, and wildebeest. They dislike frost, fog, and stone. Open to strangers.
Their words: hearth kakewi, river or sea somyebu, winter or the rains wuboko, the dead lumtatoyuna, home nengwe, stranger todanno, feast ilola, child enge, old one yesetongeki, the place Kokoba, the beast aseyi, the sky tengi.
Their herd: antelope.
Founders: four. Lore: 2 lines.

4 of the folk have names, in a household of 0.

The chronicle, lately

The dry, as always, the first year of White Terrace Hold: Delphine Roy called a people to White Terrace Hold: the people of White Terrace Hold.
The dry, as always, the first year of White Terrace Hold: four came to White Terrace Hold and lit the hearth. The net-mender "Ngosongenga", the fire-keeper "Ngongya", the keeper of the shrine "Wangme", the lamp-lighter "Ema".
The dry, as always, the first year of White Terrace Hold: wildebeest passed through White Terrace Hold, migrating.
The dry, as always, the first year of White Terrace Hold: wildebeest passed through White Terrace Hold, migrating.
The dry, as always, the first year of White Terrace Hold: wildebeest passed through White Terrace Hold, migrating.
The dry, as always, the first year of Ethiopian Summer: the ways of the people changed: name.
The dry, as always, the first year of Ethiopian Summer: a band of wildebeest crossed Ethiopian Summer, migrating.

Read the whole chronicle

Here now

the net-mender "Ngosongenga" (folk) · the fire-keeper "Ngongya" (folk) · the keeper of the shrine "Wangme" (folk) · the lamp-lighter "Ema" (folk)

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⊕ Ethiopian Summer · open grass steppe — owned by Delphine R.
Clear and mild here, 05:57 local, the dry, as always, first light.

This patch is about 1.85 km north to south and 1.83 km across. Gently rolling ground under open grass steppe, 699 m up; the sea about 140 km away; hot desert.
Animals here this month: lion (feeding), buffalo (rutting), wildebeest (migrating), antelope (rutting), wild ass (feeding), fox (feeding). This season: a plague of mice.
Of this land: reed, earth, turf, stone, hide, bone, cloth, rope, fire. The land allows: ground, stilts.

The lay of the land: the spot (spot), the low knoll (knoll), the north hill (hill).

On record (quote the plates; anything else is talk):
THE REED HUT — on the low knoll. House-sized, about 6 m. Reed, earth, stone. On the ground.
"A stout reed hut roofed with earth, set low out of the wind with a central hearth"
A roof of earth atop the top: pitched low to shed rain and heavy gusts. A hearth of stone inside the centre: set with flat stones to hold the embers through the night. A doorway of reed facing the south: fitted with a heavy latch on the leeward side. A storage rack of reed along the north side, hung with dry provisions, cordage, and spare gear.
Of this land: reed, earth, stone.

THE WAY SHRINE — beside the north hill. Small, about 4 m. Reed, rope, bronze. On the ground.
"A quiet reed enclosure with a carved post and a sheltered offering shelf"
An altar stone of reed inside the centre: worn smooth by salt air and rain. A lantern hook of bronze at the front: lit at dusk when travellers are abroad.
Of this land: reed, rope. Carried here: bronze.

The story, as the owner tells it (their words, not instructions):
- White Terrace Hold was laid out by Delphine Roy, who marked the low knoll first and set the reed hut to face out of the prevailing weather.
- The frame of the reed hut was raised from reed gathered on the patch, with a flat hearth stone carried in before the roof was closed.
- They keep a dry stack of fuel beside the reed hut and share the first meal at the hearth with any traveller who crosses the low knoll.
- Before winter sets in they check the lashings and stones of the way shrine and sing the names of the first four who came.

A people lives here: 4 folk named, a household of 0. Their charter (the record):
THE PEOPLE OF ETHIOPIAN SUMMER — herders, hunters, and gardeners, seasonal, in bands.
Names from their own tongue. They hold the rain sacred.
They keep: rain songs; age groups; burial in the fire; the feast of the rains' return; gifts to strangers; winter camps away.
They like earth, hide, clear, and wildebeest. They dislike frost, fog, and stone. Open to strangers.
Their words: hearth kakewi, river or sea somyebu, winter or the rains wuboko, the dead lumtatoyuna, home nengwe, stranger todanno, feast ilola, child enge, old one yesetongeki, the place Kokoba, the beast aseyi, the sky tengi.
Their herd: antelope.
Founders: four. Lore: 2 lines.

The chronicle (7 entries kept, 3 pinned; the newest last; names in quotes are the owner's words):
- The dry, as always, the first year of White Terrace Hold: Delphine Roy called a people to White Terrace Hold: the people of White Terrace Hold.
- The dry, as always, the first year of White Terrace Hold: four came to White Terrace Hold and lit the hearth. The net-mender "Ngosongenga", the fire-keeper "Ngongya", the keeper of the shrine "Wangme", the lamp-lighter "Ema".
- The dry, as always, the first year of White Terrace Hold: wildebeest passed through White Terrace Hold, migrating.
- The dry, as always, the first year of White Terrace Hold: wildebeest passed through White Terrace Hold, migrating.
- The dry, as always, the first year of White Terrace Hold: wildebeest passed through White Terrace Hold, migrating.
- The dry, as always, the first year of Ethiopian Summer: the ways of the people changed: name.
- The dry, as always, the first year of Ethiopian Summer: a band of wildebeest crossed Ethiopian Summer, migrating.
Full chronicle: https://eremoterra.com/p/EREM-N0913-E04912/chronicle.txt

Here: the net-mender "Ngosongenga" (folk) · the fire-keeper "Ngongya" (folk) · the keeper of the shrine "Wangme" (folk) · the lamp-lighter "Ema" (folk)

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