In honor of Thanksgiving...

...I thought I would introduce two additional members of the Boampong family, whom I insensitively overlooked in my first post.

This lovely lady is Julie. The Boampongs name all their cats Julie, so she's actually more like Julie IV. She's not as peaceful as her picture suggests - she dislikes human touch, and runs from anything that approaches her. Her distrust probably stems from experience, however - sadly, her kitten was killed by the family dog last week.



Squirming in my arms is Julie's sister Julianna, who is much nicer than her wriggling would suggest. She's a cuddlebug and an attention seeker, and if you scratch her beneath her chin she'll be your shadow for the rest of the day.



P.S. For those of you who suspect that this post is intended to provide a brief update to stave off the clamoring masses while I write the next (longer, more legitmate post), you would be 100% correct. Research has kicked into high gear, and I've been a bit preoccupied for the past couple of weeks. I just returned from several days of interviewing in Berekum, a small town in the Western region of Ghana with a high population of migrants. Now I'm in Accra, the capital city, to gather with my American kinfolk to observe the Thanksgiving ritual. But now the postscript is longer than the actual post, so I'll comment more on both trips soon...