Side Trips

Monthly diversions that didn’t make the front page

Our First Week in Kumasi

Kumasi – Exploring a whole new world  USING YOUR HEAD    Bob was thrilled to find that people still use their heads to carry their burdens in this part of Africa. He remembers seeing a sewing machine atop a woman’s head as a child. Inspired by a woman carrying a load of used plastic and […]

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Our new home

Our new home in Adiebeba – settling in for the long haul with a groovy group of  folks and two goats   MOVING IN    Ashley of Waste Enterprisers found this great home in a neighborhood called Adeibeba for project staff and rented it for a year. After arriving from Accra with our bags, Bob

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Neighbors

SPRINGTIME WITH NEIGHBORS March 2012 SPRING FEVER   Cute little Kome, Jason and Haruka’s grey kitty, shows of the rice-shaped spot on her throat as she decides she’s had enough of Amy’s arms. Kome is the Japanese word for rice. The beautiful March weather made it difficult to stay inside the house. Amy, Garth, Molly,

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Trail Crawl 2012

TRAIL CRAWL March 25, 2012 In which the neighbors on either side of Stinking Creek put aside a day to connect with each other. Four walking destinations, all offering copious food and drink, beginning on the north side of the creek in Abeyance and ending on the south side at the farm. FIRST STOP Our

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Garden

Farm and Garden March 2012 FARM AND GARDEN Spring is the time for all farmers and gardeners to invest a lot of hard work into what will become food later on in the year. GARDEN EXPANSION Every garden starts with a fence because of the thriving population of white tailed deer in our wooded area.

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