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I've been hearing some half-hearted fireworks going off in the distance and being a little slow, it took me a while to realize they actu...

After living in China for a while, you tend to stop seeing it as a foreign country. Granted, there are strange/frustrating/amusing cultura...

Only 5 days until Christmas! ...And 6 days until final exams. There are some things I like about Christmas in China...less commercialism (...

  With daytime temperatures hovering in the 20's (Fahrenheit), we've been getting serious about bundling up to go outside.  This win...

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...