Coming on the heels of his election as governor, the visit illustrated for Locke as nothing else could the magnitude of his forbears' sacrifices for his benefit. In our tiny village of about 150, there is still no running water, just a well in the center of town. There is no indoor plumbing, no toilets. People still use chamber pots and raw sewage runs in open gutters along the walkways that connect the tightly spaced dwellings. . . . Very little has changed for the people of our village since my grandfather left 100 years ago.
People still live by the ancient rhythms of planting and harvest and of birth and death.
They measure time in generations, not in news cycles.