Yesterday my mom returned from a two-week trip to Senegal and Gambia, where she and a friend sailed on a week-long river cruise. (Sidenote: her flight from Washington, DC to Dakar was a quick 7.5 hours!)And in yesterday's mail my three kids received her postcards from … [Read more...]
Guest post–I was a teenage Maoist
Stuart Beaton was interviewing authors long before he began his podcasts at http://rastous.podomatic.com/. I'm beyond thrilled that he's offered this old interview with writer extraordinaire Jan Wong. Without further adieu, here's Stu and Jan from back in 1997:In the small … [Read more...]
Hong Kong picture books
To prepare my youngest two kids for a week without mom and dad, I've been reading them a slew of picture books about Hong Kong so they'll understand just where we'll be jetting off to in April. Not only do they enjoy these books, but they're already well-versed in some Hong Kong … [Read more...]
Festival of Spring
So while my whole country tuned in to the Super Bowl (American football championship game) on Sunday night, I shuttled number one son to the gorgeous Auditorium Theatre to attend a Chinese New Year song and dance extravaganza.The program started with an introduction of … [Read more...]
Doctor Who Banned In China
Stuart Beaton is back guest blogging about Doctor Who and China. Somehow I'd think they'd go hand in hand, but Stuart has other thoughts about this. When he's not guest blogging here, he can be found at http://rastous.podomatic.com/. Here's Stu:Greetings from China, “The … [Read more...]
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