By the Way

Yesterday toward the end of class I looked out the window. I do this a lot, but what was strange about this day was the Chinese girl stand...

Dear Juliana, Two years ago when I first held you I thought you were beautiful, but I didn't yet know what you'd become.  I...

Today I got my haircut for the first time in China.  It's funny that I have lived in China for six years and never had my haircut here...

 Kevin just took this picture from our window showing the four large apartment buildings under construction across the street.  I believe ...

We have a winner: Trekaroo just announced that the photo I took of Juliana at the San Diego Zoo  won first prize in it's summer photo co...

I sort of shoved her out the door.   I had just given our ayi (babysitter) a summer bonus.  We would be gone over the summer, but it wasn...

The first couple of years after I came to China, I remember people returning after the summer talking about how nice it was to "be bac...

As I mentioned in my last post , I have been thinking a lot about how to live more simply.  I have been wanting to take steps toward more na...

Yesterday I was reading two different magazines proportedly about "simple living."  One was Real Simple.  I like this magazine bec...

When I first came to California with Kevin five years ago, I wasn't sure what the big deal was.  I was about as impressed as Kevin was b...