By the Way

Aug. 30, 2009 By Kevin She'd been standing in the middle of our living room for several minutes gazing at the photograph. "It's...

by Ruth When I was home this summer, I thought about how nice it was to listen to the symphony of crickets as I fell asleep at night. It wa...

by Ruth We have made it back to Weinan, after various means of travels and two days of meetings in Beijing. We arrived on the train this mo...

by Ruth I have been thinking lately about how rich we are. I heard recently that if you make $25,000 a year, you are in the top 5% of the w...

by Ruth I just finished my first section of our comprehensive exams. As I was madly writing (probably the first time I’ve written ...

by Ruth Even though we have better internet access and blogger isn't blocked, this summer has been incredibly busy overall, thus the lac...

We're back. Enjoying a day with friends, family, A/C, Mexican food, root beer, fast internet, a Braves game on TV :-) ... all the kinds ...

By Ruth It's my "supposed to be writing homework" time again, so naturally I am seeking distraction. One week from today we w...

You may have wondered about the sudden burst of blogging activity in these past few weeks. It isn’t because we were inwardly convicted or o...

by Kevin Today is the biggest day in the lives of many Chinese students: the beginning of the Gaokao - the College Entrance Exam. Or, as Xin...