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by Kevin It snowed a few days ago here, so Juliana had her first chance to walk in (a little bit of) snow. Enjoy...

Today I went to the supermarket, which is not interesting in itself except that it is 4 days before Spring Festival/Chinese New Year. So it...

Lately at seems like Juliana has been growing by leaps and bounds. Sometimes literally! When she turned one it was hard to realize she was...

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 ...