Sarah is in Africa doing development work. She is there on an Engineers Without Borders placement with Ghana’s Ministry of Food and Agriculture.

She writes about her work and adventures there. Recently she wrote about her home there and her host family that I found particularly interesting.

When my hosts use the term stranger to refer to me it means I am an honoured guest. Patrick Tikaha and his family have made me feel extremely welcome here, so when they say I am a stranger, I know that it is with great pride.

• My home in Tongo. The Tikaha House Connecting Ghana and Canada 10 Sep 2007

• Sarahs around the world 29 Mar 2007

These local newspapers, The Rec and Merc, launched their new website designs in July. When I saw the red dot for the Waterloo paper, I thought it was weird but okay.

Looking at its Guelph complement — a blue diamond that looks like a particular blue pill — makes me think they are both silly.

Overall, the visual design of the new sites is good and an improvement over the old ones.

I did notice this weird thing though.

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