Holli

LATEST ARTICLES ( 51 )

• Testing

  The pale observer Accra, GhanaMy cheek is smudged with red clay. African soil keeps me grounded, dirty, alive. Gives me perspective and cause for alarm. Dusty,... Read more

  Posted on 21 July 2017 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Happy New Year from Across the Ocean!

  

  It's been over a year since we left Ghana's tropical shores. It's been a year of beginning a new lifestyle in many new places. Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2012 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Farewell Ghana - Hello New Adventures

  

  Boarding a plane from my suburban Canadian home so manyyears ago, with my three year old little boy, and our few worldly belongings intow, I knew I had chosen... Read more

  Posted on 11 April 2012 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Ghana: Food Adventures and the Cantonese Titanic

  

  I used to be so adventurous when it came to food. Any street corner stall that offered up strange and wonderful mysterious delights caught my eye and my... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2011 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Holli's World - Accra's Best Eats

  

  Ok, so my son is gone and I am officially the mother of an empty nest. What better to focus on, than food? I figure I have started on the treadmill every day,... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2011 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Moments Like This

  

  Blurry, the park across the street melts in my view and slips down in huge heavy tears onto my t-shirt. Five minutes before, I was posing for photos, thumbs... Read more

  Posted on 22 September 2011 PARENTING, SELF EXPRESSION

• Pow Wow - Poverty Amidst Prosperity in Canada

  

  I have spent the past few years highlighting issues of poverty in Ghana through this blog. Many times I get feedback that asks me to look at poverty where I com... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2011 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• A Comprehensive Suitableness Program Tailored to a...

  A comprehensive suitableness program tailored to an person will very likely core on sole or more definitive skills, and on age-[3] or health-related needs such... Read more

  Posted on 20 August 2011 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Hollis, I Do Hope That You Have Taken the Critici...

  Hollis,I do hope that you have taken the criticism to heart, but I must agree with Candy Kisseih-Akomfrah and Max Kofi, that what you have written here does... Read more

  Posted on 14 August 2011 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• I'd Like to Comment Generally on the Claim Tha...

  I'd like to comment generally on the claim that Holli's Jamestown article basically sucked (my term) because it was one sided, biased and thus lacked balance. Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2011 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Some Folks Cannot Resist Playing the You're-a-...

  Some folks cannot resist playing the you're-a-racist card because they think it is perpetually trump, and it saves them the trouble of having to actually respon... Read more

  Posted on 12 August 2011 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Wow Fiona - More Than 3 Years Without a Visit? Tha...

  Wow Fiona - more than 3 years without a visit? That is definitely a long time. The longer you leave it, th stranger it will feel for sure. Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2011

• Lifestyles of the Far-flung Expat

  

  Life as an expat in a far away land can be so varied, so many diverse experiences await you. But the one thing you are pretty likely to have in common with ever... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2011 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• It's a Strange life...When I Returned to Austr...

  It's a strange life...When I returned to Australia after three years in Zimbabwe people kept telling me that I was back to 'reality'. It was weird, if I'd... Read more

  Posted on 08 August 2011

• Miss Pale Observer, When I Read Your Earlier Post,...

  Miss Pale Observer, when I read your earlier post, I could feel my blood boiling. Why is it that visitors to our country always feel like they know us so well... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2011

• i Had Visited Ghana in the Pastthat Was a Unforg...

  

  That time of year is upon us again in Ghana – the time where every international flight that arrives, pours out scores of the bright and bushytailed, the hopefu... Read more

  Posted on 07 August 2011 SELF EXPRESSION

• Holli, You Would Be Surprised to Know That a Numbe...

  Holli, you would be surprised to know that a number of Ghanaians agree with you but not with your tone. After 15 years one would have expected you to know that... Read more

  Posted on 04 August 2011

• Holli May Wish to Note That Even the NDC Manifesto...

  Holli may wish to note that even the NDC manifesto states on page 16 that within 100 days " bold and comprehensive action will be take to deal with appalling... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2011

• Chale Wote - Festival for the Hungry?

  

  For weeks my inbox has been bombarded with event invites, information, flyers and promotional blurbs about an upcoming Street Art festival in Accra. In... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2011 EXPAT, TRAVEL

• Holli, I Really Wish You Are Genuinely Aware of Wh...

  Holli, I really wish you are genuinely aware of why people are upset with your Chale Wote observation. None of us know you and all we read is what gives us an... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2011