As summer begins for school kids across the US, including college students (who finished their terms last month), I'm reminded of a time years ago when I, too, could enjoy a long summer vacation.I took this photo on one such vacation. It was the summer of 1991, I had just … [Read more...]
Book of the week–Hour of the Rat
Several years ago I stumbled upon Lisa Brackmann's debut novel, Rock Paper Tiger (Soho, 2010) and was blown away by her central character, Ellie McEnroe. I couldn't remember a fictional character as brash and badass as Ellie. An Iraq War vet and recent Beijing transplant, Ellie … [Read more...]
Photo Friday
I took this photo almost 22 years to the day.It was the summer of 1991, a brief lull in the civil war. At that time, there were only weekly flights to Angkor Wat. So the options were to stay for a week or for one day. Backpacking my way around Asia, across the Soviet Union, … [Read more...]
Guest post: Back to the chalkface
Our man in Tianjin, Stuart Beaton, is back with tales of teaching English in China. Stuart also has a fabulous author podcast site, which you can click on here. A quick warning about this post: don't read it on an empty stomach. I made that mistake and now I'm craving homemade … [Read more...]
A tale of two Shanghais
Imagine meeting a relative or friend 15 years ago. She seemed sophisticated, yet down to earth. Confident, yet modest. Fast forward a decade and a half. You haven't met in all those years and now she's not only famous, but world-known. The top of her game.That's how I see … [Read more...]
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