It's that time of month again. My book group meets today and I've yet to finish the book. But I'll still attend and look forward to it. I've been in a total of five book groups over the last 13 years. My first was my mother's neighborhood book group and this last one is one I … [Read more...]
Book of the week–Aunty Lee’s Delights
Last week I went on my first family vacation since my little kids were born four and six years ago. I still brought a slew of books and managed to read three in six days (the kids go to bed early, even though they didn't fall asleep at their usual time that whole week we were … [Read more...]
Selective amnesia about Beijing
Beijing was my first taste of China and ironically the city I know the least (of all the ones I've visited there). It might be because I went to Beijing in 1988 and 1991, but traveled to other Chinese cities in later years. Or perhaps it's because my photos from that first trip … [Read more...]
Photo Friday
I came across the photo in my friend Megan's album from our first trip to China in 1988. It's definitely Shanghai, and it's definitely June 1988.But no one I've spoken with from that trip can remember where exactly it was taken. My first guess was the Peace Hotel--assuming … [Read more...]
A home for troubled communists?
Stuart Beaton is back guest blogging from Tianjin, China. It's funny because I just finished reading a memoir about the former Soviet Union. And now Stuart has written this post! He also has a fabulous author podcast site at http://rastous.podomatic.com. Here's Stu:Recently … [Read more...]
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