By the Way

By Ruth In case you were wondering, yes – I'm studying too! All of my posts have been about the baby, the apartment, and you know, the ...

I cannot believe that Juliana is one year old!! A few months ago I looked at her and realized she was no longer a little baby. She's ...

With the arrival of the new sofa covers we got made, I finally feel enough settled into our apartment to post "before and after" p...

By Kevin If the first two days of class were like gulping from a fire-hose, we were sipping from perforated straws during week two. Just b...

I decided that Juliana eats much healthier than I do.  On the way back from the vegetable market, I realized that about ¾ of the veggies bro...

by Ruth It's been a rough few weeks for Juliana. She's been through a lot of changes. First we woke her up at 2:30am to begin s...

By Lín Tiān Jié   林天 杰 (Kevin) “ It was like drinking water from a firehose,” I sighed, when Ruth asked how the first day of class went...

By Kevin Our first goal upon arrival in Yinchuan was simple: get the power turned on. Or so we thought. As often happens in China, a simp...

Our first impression of Yinchuan was a good one. Of course, after being stuck in Beijing an extra day due to a delayed flight, and waitin...

For an example of the complexity of Chinese, here is an excerpt from a woman who has been in China for quite a while.  She talks about how C...