Grocery shopping the slow way – with a trip on foot to the \’best shopping in Kumasi\’ on the last day of the month Thursday, January 31, 2013 DR. J. G. WOOD AT 8:30 IN THE MORNING A Bob’s-eye view of Amy and Camille as the three of us head down […]
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In a fabulous finale to another fine year, we celebrated life, common sense, fun and fulfillment. Fulfillment in the energy research project that brought us to Ghana, common sense in evacuating Kumasi after a chemical spill fouled the air, fun grooving to incredible live music, horse shopping with beautiful Elodie and chilling out at Lake
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Digester monitoring, and a trip to Suame Magazine DIGESTER #1 IS ALIVE! After last month’s loading of digester #1 with sludge and rumen, it has come alive and is producing gas. Martin, Johannes, and Justin have a twice a week monitoring schedule underway. Gas bubbles can be seen coming up through the water in
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Things we see on our frequent trips around Kumasi MATTRESS WARS ASHFOAM is one of two major mattress sellers in Kumasi, and their ads are everywhere! Both companies will pay the cost of painting their ads on homes and shops around town. We notice the ASHFOAM models lack of arms are made up by her
In which Elodie invites Camille to go horse shopping in Obuasi and to her Green Ranch at Lake Bosumtwi to hang out. December 6 and 9, 2012 WELCOME TO OBUASI With Elodie at the wheel of her big blue truck, we were guaranteed a good time. The day started out wet but turned to
In which we follow Bob’s lead and get out of town after a chemical spill gives us a headache. December 6, 7, 8 and 9, 2012 PERMANENT NERVE DAMAGE – NO THANKS Wednesday night, December 5th, we got into bed and smelled a new smell. “Are there skunks around here?” I asked
Lake Bosumtwi. Our election day evacuation escape took us to a new guest lodge right up the road from The Green Ranch on the other side of the village from Lake Point Guest House where we’ve stayed in previous visits to the lake. – December 6, 7 and 8, 2012 To find out more about
Fun with Flora and Fauna! GROWING BY LEAPS AND BOUNDS The six chicks are growing much faster than the goats. They get free range in the garden through chicken-sized openings in the gates. The goats are excluded. AN ONGOING EXPERIMENT Gardening is always an ongoing journey of discovery. We continue to see
We have much to be thankful for as we enter our sixth month in Ghana. The biodiesel plant at Dompoase is taking shape, Jeremy’s garden, goats and chickens continue to grow, we emerged unscathed from a traffic adventure with friend/driver Eric and we made some new friends. THE GENERATOR ARRIVES AT THE PLANT There
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Delivery – November 1st SUNSET AT DOMPOASE The 15kW generator was supposed to arrive by 3pm, leaving lots of daylight left for the unloading. Instead, the truck finally showed up at 5:45pm, just as the sun was setting. Like a bull in a china shop, the truck driver didn’t listen to advice
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