LUCY - African Eve

Ge and I woke up at about 4:00 am this morning.

My eyes opened in the dark.
Two things in my mind, the name Lucy, and the words "Pick up the thread."

Before I knew it, Ge was up, and out. Wanting a tea.

Insomnia.

I turned to see what time it was, it was 00:58 and counting. Down.
My Ikea special had turned from a clock, to a timer.
I didn't even know it could do that.

I turned on the light, rubbed my eyes, turned the device over looking for a way to turn the timer back into a clock. But couldn't.

I got up and joined Ge.

We had tea in the wee hours of the morning together. It was nice.

After taking the dog for a quick pee, he went back to bed and I wrote down my impressions of the Name, and the Words in my mind as I woke.

I knew right away who Lucy was. She was the earliest female human being ever found, an Australopithecus afarensis. She lived three million years ago.

Finding her, for me, in grade five was the most exciting thing ever. I chose her for the subject of a presentation. So along side topics like David Letterman, and hot dogs, I put on a national geographic show about the oldest woman ever discovered.

Instead of receiveing a grade, I was taken into the principals office and very nearly accused of cheating. I was asked who helped me with my homework. My teacher, who was also my principal was doubtful. He quizzed me on geological and archaeological terms I had used. Even how to spell them.

After speaking with my parents, he decided to give me an A plus.

Lucky me.

I did well on the subject because I had already developed a passion for archaeology and anthropology. A natural progression from my first fascination with mythology and art.

So this evening I've begun delving back into the mystery of Lucy, my first favorite lady.

"Picking up the thread."

Here's a back up copy to the missing Discovery.coms article about the tie between the stone age Indian tribe believed to be direct descendants of Lucy.

In researching ENHEDUANNA and the Sumerian culture, I found certain linguistic, artistic and cultural ties have been strongly argued to exist between Sumerians and The Hindu Brahmans, from where else, India.

Hmmmm?