I apologize for the length of time in between these messages to you,dear reader. I hold my former internet service provider, MTN,responsible for the delay. When they’re not ignoring their failingequipment, MTN is making it even more expensive to get internet accessin Ghana by changing their billing structure. A Saturday Night Liveskit comes to mind… [...]
Ah, Peace Corps. In the span of a week, I’ve gone from a schedule full of tests, grading, traveling, shopping, and cooking to a schedule where working on my bike is the highpoint of my day. My kitchen is clean, my furniture has been rearranged, my house is clean, my laundry is done, and I [...]
There is no better reminder that it’s market day and that you seriously need to buy some food than a cat. As those of you who have been reading the back issues know, I’ve had a bit of a mouse problem here at La Casa del Whiteman. I tried poison, traps, household repair, all to [...]
It’s been a long time since I last wrote. I can blame travel, work, and illness for a great deal of it, but there’s also the problem of trying to think of new things to send home every week. Nonetheless, I will endeavor to bring more fascinating facts from my dull and mundane life as [...]
Hey! Friday! That means it should be about time to write another web-o-blog-mail thing. To nobody’s surprise, it’s hot. In fact, it’s really hot. The kind of hot where decorum goes straight out the window and you wear as little clothing as possible just so you don’t drown in your own sweat. (Lovely image, eh?) [...]