Plastic Farm AnimalsWell, we’ve officially been in “Kumasi here” for a year. These are some things we have learned. Friends happen anywhere Letting go is easier when you have no control over your situation White towels are a bad idea People won’t turn their backs on you, even if they look you straight in the eye while […]
I learned a lot about my father yesterday when I read the following article for the first time. The story was published in the Carlisle Sentinel on May 21st, 1994 and my mother had slipped a photo copy of it into my 2013 birthday card. We don’t check the mail that often, but Bob had […]
One of many reasons we moved to Ghana a year ago was because the national language is English. In Kumasi, one out of every twenty people I encounter has a passable grasp of English enabling us to communicate on a very superficial level. The other nineteen speak primarily Twi or French with a few rudimentary […]
It was a close call. And an eye-opener. Daniel nearly died of heat stroke. He had walked the few dusty blocks to the main road in the heat of the day and returned in a taxi to collapse just inside our front gate. Fortunately, Bob was sitting at his desk with a view of the […]
Oh boy, here’s a big story today about GMO wheat. “GMO wheat?” you ask, “Didn’t think there was such a thing.” Well, now there is. Genetically modified wheat has risen from the dead zone of the American consciousness to frighten us into a new level of awareness. According to this AP News Story: Japan has […]