{"id":1552,"date":"2018-09-25T18:19:54","date_gmt":"2018-09-25T18:19:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/leopardshark.com\/ghana\/?p=1061"},"modified":"2018-09-25T18:19:54","modified_gmt":"2018-09-25T18:19:54","slug":"home-2-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leopardshark.com\/ghana-trips\/2018\/09\/25\/home-2-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Preparing…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Wow. \u00a0I turned 55 a few days ago. \u00a0As a kid growing up, that seemed so impossibly old. \u00a0I was sure people at that age were at home in cat-hair covered recliners watching Wheel of Fortune and slurping up creamed corn. \u00a0Their socks wouldn’t match and during each TV commercial, they would glance out the front window to ensure the neighbor’s dog was not squatting on their lawn.<\/p>\n

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One of my favorite drummer photos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I have little doubt that one day, I’ll wax on about when we stored computer programs on audio cassette tapes and printed with daisy wheels. \u00a0But for now, 55 seems like I’m nearing the age when people might begin to expect me to act more like an adult. \u00a0I hope to disappoint them as long as possible — which brings me to the topic of Africa. \u00a0See how old people can get distracted and then jump into a new topic?<\/p>\n

It has been a year since Beth and I were in Ghana with Matthew and Michael<\/a>. \u00a0Our next trip is a little more than a week away, and Beth and I are up late preparing gear, transcoding video, and packing all the tech needed for another recording trip to northern Ghana. \u00a0This time, Kaitlyn and Daniel, friends from Church, will be joining us. \u00a0Our schedule will be packed, and this time we will be venturing even further north toward Burkina Faso and Togo to record the Bimoba people. \u00a0We will also be meeting the Fulani, a nomadic tribe that roam from Senegal to Chad and the Sudan.<\/p>\n

There is much work to do before we leave…<\/p>\n

BTW, if you are new here, visit the About<\/a> page to meet the people of Ghana, hear their languages, and enjoy their songs. \u00a0Look through the Photos!<\/a> page and enjoy the smiling faces of the Komba, Dagomba, and Mamprusi people. \u00a0You can also look back on the Previous trips<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Our flight departs October 4th…<\/p>\n

-Pete<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wow. \u00a0I turned 55 a few days ago. \u00a0As a kid growing up, that seemed so impossibly old. \u00a0I was sure people at that age were at home in cat-hair covered recliners watching Wheel of Fortune and slurping up creamed corn. \u00a0Their socks wouldn’t match and during each TV commercial, they would glance out the … Continue reading Preparing…<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-11"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/leopardshark.com\/ghana-trips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/leopardshark.com\/ghana-trips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/leopardshark.com\/ghana-trips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leopardshark.com\/ghana-trips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leopardshark.com\/ghana-trips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/leopardshark.com\/ghana-trips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1552\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/leopardshark.com\/ghana-trips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leopardshark.com\/ghana-trips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/leopardshark.com\/ghana-trips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}