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An Unusual New Year’s Blog…
Maybe. This New Year’s morning underscores the transient nature of resolutions. From my window – between the smog and and fog, I can’t even see the subway station and this is my way of deciding to stay indoors and in … Continue reading
Ping’An Ye 2016
Christmas this year is quite different from last year here in Beijing. There are more and more wintery Christmas decorations in the stores. Yesterday, as I was walking home with my very full (and very heavy) water jugs I was … Continue reading
Morning Tears Square
Beijing: Morning Tears This pattern came to be as the Beijing Guild creates squares for a fundraiser in October 2016. It’s being held at the “Homeplate” in Sanlitun. I guess that’s as good a reason as any to give … Continue reading
Sick Days!
I just finished reading two books by Joanne Braaksma, sharing her stories of teaching English in Beijing from 2001 to 2004. I wonder if she would recognize her old stomping grounds. This is a city that does not stay the … Continue reading
I want to remember that…
If you search for this in images, you will find that it is a pretty popular one. Many people have it on their Pinterest boards, and on blogs, etc. My friend Ponnie posted it on Facebook, and I was hit … Continue reading
Another Year in Beijing Begins.
As my daughter posted at Sacred Stones and Pebbles, we are on the other side of a summer break and I (mom & Oma) am back in Beijing. It was tough going back this time. Really tough, and I almost didn’t. … Continue reading
Where did all that come from?
Where did all this stuff come from, I wonder? I live in a one room apartment so there isn’t a lot of room for stuff, but as I start sorting through things that I can leave behind and things … Continue reading
36 Days+ 6 and counting…
When I arrived in Beijing on August 29th, tired from a long flight and bewildered by the sounds and sights of this enormous city (and I hadn’t even seen all of it – just my own apartment complex) I had … Continue reading
Holiday Time in Beijing! Take 1
Here in China there is one big festival – Chinese New Year – and lots of smaller festivals that may or may not rate a day off. For school children and their teachers, there is about a month of vacation … Continue reading
Faith mixed with Porridge
Over at my other blog, https://oneyearoneweekonepound.wordpress.com/ I wrote about visiting the Lama Temple here in Beijing. It was the La Ba Festival and the monks were busy making and dishing a special porridge to all who came and waited in the … Continue reading
A Journey of Ten Years 