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Entries from June 2006

I’m alive!

June 27th, 2006 · 6 Comments

Hi! Here I am, finally able to check email. I’m at an internet cafe in Ho, at 8000 cedis an hour (which is somewhat less than $1). Last night we stayed in Accra, tonight I’m staying in Ho, and tomorrow I’ll go to Tanyigbe, the village where I’ll actually be living and [...]

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Tags: Ghana

Goodbye, my dears!

June 22nd, 2006 · No Comments

In just a few hours, I will board a plane, the first in a circuitous series of transportation that will land me in Ho, Ghana, not to return until July 25. The words “holy shit” come to mind (and in fact have been coming to mind on a fairly regular basis lately). Like [...]

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Tags: Ghana

Ghana update: You want me to do what?

June 9th, 2006 · 10 Comments

This morning’s email from my contact: “We are also looking into organising for you a one day workshop where you will teach some selected liberians here in Ho Municipality how to go about the practices here. So please when coming if you will need any materials for the teaching you can bring it along.”
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Tags: Ghana · Libraries

Tango has two daddies

June 7th, 2006 · 5 Comments

Did you know there’s a picture book about the gay penguins? There sure is! (And now my library owns it. ) It’s called And Tango Makes Three, by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell and illustrated by Henry Cole, who also illustrated The Sissy Duckling and therefore has carved quite the “cute gay [...]

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Tags: Libraries · Reviews