By the Way

phonetics students Originally uploaded by kevsunblush One of our company leaders, who has lived in China for over 20 years, has several mott...

by Ruth Everywhere I go these days, I hear singing. It’s not just my blissful state or unrelenting optimism (I have finally admitted that I...

Dear Friends, Effective last week we have entered a post-Facebook world. The little people who sit in little cubicles in some little city b...

by Kevin "We will have to be sneaky," Brian told us when we went to visit him in Lanzhou, Gansu, the next province to the west o...

by Ruth The freshmen have arrived. This has been evidenced by: - Huge banners, balloons, and blow-up welcoming arches - Lost looking kids w...

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 ...