Well, it only took me a few weeks to take an unexpected absence from regular posting on this blog. However, I do have an excuse, and I think it’s a good one. A couple of weeks ago I accepted a formal invitation to join the Peace Corps’ agroforestry and sustainable livelihoods program in Ghana. Although I have no way of guessing at what the real experience will involve, from a few thousand miles away (and a booklet full of bureaucratic language where everything has an acronym) it looks like what I was hoping for: an opportunity to work on food security, environmental issues, and day to day pragmatics abroad.