October 3, 2024
Welcome to Vancouver

Doc’s next port of call is Vancouver, Washington where he continues to explore and make some new discoveries both good and bad.

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August 25, 2024
More Tales of Tucson

Doc provides some reminiscences from his youth and the need to experience the nature at every place his wanderlust takes him

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July 28, 2024
Tales of Tucson #2

Doc talks about the misadventures of his household goods traveling from Ghana to Tucson. But, more interesting is his adjustment to desert life and meeting and interacting with some of his more deadly new neighbors.

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July 8, 2024
Tales of Tucson

Looking for the Gunfight at the OK Starbucks, Doc explores Tucson, Arizona, the desert and legends of the Southwest.

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July 7, 2024
Ghana in the Rearview Mirror

Short post from Doc as he departs Africa and returns to the US. Is this the end of his adventure or a beginning of a new one. Stay tuned.

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June 9, 2024
Recap – Looking Forward to New Beginnings

Doc gives a brief flashback of how he chose to be in Ghana to work on the DT project and a glimpse in the next direction he might take.

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May 16, 2024
A Joyful Noise, Maybe Not

Doc provides an update on churches and others making a “Joyful Noise” at high volume. Maybe deafness is next to Godliness.

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May 5, 2024
Plastic, Floods and Electioneering

Doc updates life in Ghana as the election continues to take front stage with politicians trying to deal with voters’ issues.

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April 24, 2024
Words vs. Deeds in an Election

Electioneering continues in Ghana with a very different format and style different than what is seen in most Western Countries. Doc’s comments are humorous and insightful Stalin and others have said, “Words are one thing deeds another.” Ghana politicians like to convolute both, either they think the electorate is stupid or doesn’t care or perhaps […]

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March 5, 2024
Friendly Skies?

The Skies May Be Friendly, but Parts of the Land. . . Not So Much Doc reports on the trials and tribulations of life on the ground in Ghana. The dry and hot season brings about many other challenges, different from our own but still somehow the same.

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March 5, 2024
Connect the Dots

Connecting the dots is a fun children’s game. In life, the Political dots can be moving while we try to understand their underlying meaning. Doc takes us once again on an interesting trip as he updates us on his adventure during an election cycle in Ghana.

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February 21, 2024
Starting From the Bottom Up

Life, the Universe and troubled lives of politicians and others in Ghana. Doc surveys the local life and politics.

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January 6, 2024
Dancing for Votes

Doc looks at some of the challenges and opportunities he sees in Ghana Near years encourage new beginnings and new dreams. There are often some interesting and humorous (but sad still) barriers to success.

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December 23, 2023
Christmas in Africa

Christmas in Africa falls in the middle of summer. Temperatures are high, the sun is shining, and the kids are playing outside. Doc provides more information about his Christmas experiences.

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December 3, 2023
Same Dance, Different Day

Life, culture and politics are often like a maze of our collective creation and modification. We recognize it, we like some of it, we would like to change some of it to make our lives better but we succeed slowly if at all.

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November 23, 2023
Communication with Idioms

Communication is a cornerstone of Rotary Values and is part of the “Four-Way Test”. Communication between languages can be difficult depending on the skill of those involved, idioms, buzzwords and slang can often add to the confusion. For a long time, Egyptologists kept encountering a city called Avaris in cuneiform tablets they were translating but […]

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November 15, 2023
Ghanaian Culture Update

Doc’s adventure continues as he learns more about communicating in another culture. Words can be powerful tools, misused or misunderstood then can create problems sometimes funny, sometimes serious. Humpty Dumpty in Lewis Carroll’s book Alice, Through the Looking Glass announces ‘When I use a word, it means just what I choose it to mean – […]

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October 31, 2023
Halloween

Doc gives us a glimpse into the history of Halloween.

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October 25, 2023
Bits and Pieces

Doc gives us a glimpse into some of the smaller problems of life in the third world. When corruption in any organization is rampant, it can be difficult to make any real progress for the people.

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August 24, 2023
Side Hustles

There are tons of side hustles from walking pets to temporary surgeons on remote islands. Most are just a way to make a few extra bucks but some turn it into something very profitable. The Pandemic sent many people home who figured out that they could work more than one job at the same time! […]

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July 2, 2023
Death and Funeral$

I want to go simply when I go.They’ll give me a simple funeral there I know.With a casket lined in fleece,And fireworks spelling out Rest in Peace,Oh take me when I’m gone to Forest Lawn. John Denver lyrics from Forest Lawn

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June 21, 2023
Update June 2023

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June 9, 2023
Whack-a-Mole Ghana-style
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May 15, 2023
How to Meet a Caucasian Sheperd
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April 3, 2023
Golden Opportunity Fertilizer
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April 3, 2023
Realizations
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March 9, 2023
Almost American
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February 4, 2023
Join Me at the Table
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January 14, 2023
To Market, To Market
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December 21, 2022
You Have Given Far More Than You Know
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December 1, 2022
Interesting Neighbors
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October 31, 2022
With Time Comes Knowledge
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October 9, 2022
Galamsey (Continued?)
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September 28, 2022
“Let’s Line Up All the Chairs On That Side”
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September 7, 2022
Let Me Tell You a Story
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September 3, 2022
Looking at the Past
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July 11, 2022
Beyond Dignity Toilets
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June 12, 2022
Not That Different
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May 25, 2022
What’s Bugging You
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April 12, 2022
Public Services
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March 27, 2022
Tough Dreams
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March 27, 2022
Cluster Pile
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January 21, 2022
Heavy on the Starch
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December 29, 2021
Cautious Optimism

Doc reminiscing about his dad, getting a haircut in the time of COVID and a bit more.

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December 20, 2021
Unfinished Dreams

Doc explores various regions of Accra, initially depressed then he came to understand the many backstories associated with the hopes and dreams of the people in Ghana. Enjoy!

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November 18, 2021
Bored

This is what happens when I get bored. . . .I am an avid believer in the philosophy that everything you need for success is beforeyou if you only recognize what you are looking at. This has led me to be here so that Ican take two projects, both of which have been proven successful […]

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November 3, 2021
Best Laid Plans

“Beware the Jabberwock, my son   The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun   The frumious Bandersnatch!” “Look, they are saying you were working and they will not believe you were not.  It looks like they want your passport and for you to go to their office.”  We were arguing and trying to […]

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October 19, 2021
Make a Joyful Noise
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August 6, 2020
Forgiveness

“I cried because I had no shoes until I met a man who had no feet.” an old anonymous quote with continuing relevance. We all live in bubbles that protecting us from seeing the needs of others. We need to develop better vision for our local communities, then expand them to the rest of the […]

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June 17, 2019
Accra, Ghana

Still Wondering What I Am Doing

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