By the Way

by Ruth I agreed to make pumpkin pie for our big 'city wide' Thanksgiving meal. It was a last minute decision, so I headed out late...

I've noticed a number of people on Facebook putting up daily statuses about what they are thankful for during the month of November. I ...

Before Juliana was born I thought I would nurse for one year and then be done. I hadn't really thought about it much; that just seemed ...

by Ruth Today in class we were talking about family relationships, a topic that very quickly becomes confusing in Chinese! A few words are ...

By Ruth A Very Important Day is coming next week - - November 1 is “Turn on the Heat Day!!” I love this day of the year. In China, the ce...

For yeah!  I love eating! by Ruth I was wondering when Juliana would start getting interested in feeding herself. She likes eating fing...

by Ruth Chinese is a high context culture and definitely a high context language. When I was going through flashcards from our oral lesson...

By Kevin The week before last, my tutor was away, serving as a translator at the big Sino-Arabic Summit held in Yinchuan to promote trade ...

by Ruth Today our baomo (the woman who watches Juliana, who we often call Gao Ai-yi) invited us to her house for lunch. She called us sever...

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 ...