Category: around my neighborhood
Updated on August 2, 2011
Sunday snapshot: Home sweet {disgusting} home
I returned in the wee hours of the morning yesterday to my {mostly} vacant apartment. My apartment presented as blank a slate as the coming year. With just the bare bones furniture the school provides. What makes the place… Read More
Updated on August 4, 2011
China makes me smile
Five years in and there are still random sights that make me smile and giggle. And make me so happy I made the decision to move across the ocean. Random laundry. Drying in random locations. This particular set of… Read More
Updated on August 4, 2011
Just a few more things
First of all, I wanted to pass along an article that perfectly explains why the foreign teachers get so frustrated in our writing classes and in our positions as senior thesis paper advisors. There are many things I love… Read More
Updated on August 4, 2011
What are the chances
You may have already figured out that I have a great amount of affection for the Pioneer Woman. Her recipes are extraordinarily delicious, and are made from ingredients I can actually find in China. Her wit and stories… Read More
Updated on August 4, 2011
“Springing” Forward
By Sunday morning, almost all of the snow, slush, ice, and coal-dust-coated frozen substances had melted away. We were seeing pavement for the first time in months. While we weren’t changing time with the rest of the world (China… Read More
Updated on August 4, 2011
Sparkler Therapy
China is changing rapidly. (And yes, I’m aware that that is a “well, duh” statement.) It is remarkable to think about how much people’s lives have changed just in the past ten years. The greatest migration in the… Read More
Updated on August 4, 2011
This is home
Candle. Coffee. Stack of books. Reading chair. Soft, thick blanket. To me, that’s home. Since returning a week ago I’ve spent a large majority of my time right here. And an embarrassingly large majority of that time in pajamas. … Read More
Updated on August 4, 2011
Ready to GO
I have yet to crack open a suitcase, laundry is far from complete, and my to do list remains a mile long, but I am ready to get out of dodge. Why the sudden change of heart when… Read More
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