Visited the Christian Brothers compound yesterday and had a nice reunion with my former students. It was decided that I teach a class on Thursday afternoons using the "50 Great Short Stories" paperbacks I brought over along with miscellaneous English language materials generously provided by my good friend at the University of Notre Dame - Professor Noreen Deane-Moran.
Tuesday mornings will be my regular slot helping out at COLWOD in addition to any other times the need arises. In actuality, the young women there are very welcoming and I feel free to stop in even if just to sit & visit.
Thus, one can readily see by the "relaxed" schedule described above, I am left with plenty of time to do "hard labor." And that, as it appears, seems to be my destiny for the moment.
Jim admits now that for some time he has had a suspicion about the possibility of Godwin's departure. And so, those basic chores of marketing, preparation of meals, and doing the laundry - things one automatically & quite easily does at home in the US - involve a lot more time and effort in Ghana.
We did purchase a small washing machine here in Tamale which runs only with a very light load. Having pushed in the start button at 7:45 this morning and seeing that at 10:30 it was still leisurely going through its cycles, I decided to do our towels & sheets by hand. Guess I'd clearly forgotten how heavy a large plastic basin of wet towels could be as I lugged them out to dry in the backyard.
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2 comments:
Glad to see that you're keeping busy teaching while there.
Ann
Good post.
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