ghana epitome of incomprehensibility That's where the choir's best alto is going for six weeks. She comes from there and has family there. I don't blame her. But that mean I'll be back to switching parts as the need arises. I don't have a big voice for solo parts, but CH thinks I'm versatile. It's nice to be needed...? I'm also a little concerned for her (and for the Zidisha borrowers in Ghana) because the Ebola-affected countries are surrounding them on both sides. Now, it's not a medieval plague. Not everybody in the affected countries is dropping dead. Countries are big places But it's not as easily contained as, say, SARS in China and Canada ten years ago, simply because these countries are poorer. And also Senegal. Zidisha borrowers there too. Why was I less concerned about Senegal? Language bonds detected when nationality and so-called race are critically dismantled? Pah. French speakers are human too, epitome of ignoble. Even in Quebec. On the brighter side of the nation game, Ghana's music is a cool thing. "Highlife" is like a mix of reggae and... and things that are not reggae. Take a listen. 140929 ... e_o_i S. is back! We have our alto. But her father died. He was sick, and that's partly why she left; she didn't figure on him dying so soon, though. I didn't know what had happened at first and I asked, stupidly, if she were tired. She's closer to my parents' age, so it's not as much of a shock as when some neighbours, a brother and sister a few years older than me, had their father die. Still. 141124 what's it to you? who go blather from