On this date 34 years ago, Chairman Mao met with his demise.Many say that his death marked the end of the Cultural Revolution. What a disaster.While China woke up after a decade of terror and missed opportunities, things slowly thawed out. Even 10 years after Mao's death, … [Read more...]
Book of the week–House of Stone
I keep finding more narratives about Zimbabwe. Bring it on, I say. I just love reading about the transformation of Rhodesia into Zimbabwe and the hope many people had thirty years ago when Robert Mugabe took office.If only things had gone differently.This week I read … [Read more...]
Postcard from Budapest, 1991
Last week I posted a card I sent from Beijing to my paternal grandma days before I boarded the Trans-Mongolian. The five and a half day train ride took me to Moscow. From there, I traveled by train to Budapest and then on to Prague before flying home to Chicago by way of New … [Read more...]
Postcard from Java, 1991
My mom and I sent this postcard from Indonesia in 1991 to my grandma (her mother-in-law).Susan and I are having a wonderful trip. I never dreamed that Indonesia was so interesting. It is very hot, but we splurged on a very nice hotel in Yogyakarta, so didn't suffer too … [Read more...]
Postcard from Shanghai, 1995
Here we go again. I know I've already posted plenty about 1930s Shanghai and how it's become not just a genre unto itself but a downright cliche. Still, I just love that period and can't get enough.When I was last in Shanghai 15 years ago, the postcards with present-day … [Read more...]
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