Category: around my neighborhood

Redeeming Moments

There are moments when I have a strong dislike of China.  Moments where I find myself wishing I was in America. I had one such moment this afternoon at the train station.  Of all places in China, except perhaps… Read More

Look at the weird foreigner

Some of you may have seen this picture posted on my “photo of the week” page, but I wanted to share with you the story behind it.  First of all, I’ll go ahead and admit to you, the… Read More

Would you be my neighbor?

Back in the day, when I lived in the big city, going grocery shopping involved a forty-five minute crowded bus ride into town.  One of the things I loved most about moving to my current city was the fact… Read More

Sneaky, Sneaky

As you may have guessed, blogspot is currently blocked in China. For the moment I’ve found a way to sneak onto the site (but not to post pictures). I’m also trying to see if another website might work better… Read More

Do you see what I see?

Things are right with the world again. Blue skies have returned and it is finally feeling like spring. (Hopefully for good this time.) But I am stuck inside, trying to dig myself out from under piles of papers… Read More

Spoiled Rotten

I don’t know that I’ll ever be able to move back to the Midwest. One thing I’m extremely blessed with is the fact that the city I live in has almost perpetual sunny blue skies. I’ve visited enough… Read More

Spring cleaning gone terribly wrong

There were three main reasons I chose to move into a new apartment this year. #1: A bigger kitchen (not having to move my fridge every time I want to get into my freezer is a wonderful perk)…. Read More

Something to be proud of

The region of China I live in is not particularly famous for anything. The landscape would likely never be termed “stunning”, there aren’t any famous historical sites, and the weather isn’t going to draw many people. Let’s just say there… Read More

Reason #894 I love China

OK, I don’t know exactly what number reason this is, but there are countless little things that make me love living in this land. For example, being told I’m beautiful multiple times in one day (yes, it was… Read More

Fall

I know I have been terribly absent lately, but there has been a lot going on. I did want to give you a glimpse, though, into the BEAUTIFUL fall we’ve been having. With temps in the upper sixties… Read More