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Sole Savior

25 April 2009 | 2 comments
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The rubber sole of my father’s shoe cracks beneath the toe in a horizontal line, slowly splitting away and peeling itself back towards Nature.  It brings to mind photographs of dried salt flats in the desert.  The land splits apart in hexagonal formations and the Earth’s crust opens up; the hexagons fit together like puzzle pieces [...]

Morning Workout

18 April 2009 | Comment
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“Are you retired already?”  Fat Man asks me with a smile on his face. “How old are you?”  Thin Man asks, not waiting for my reply. I tell them my age.  29 years old this year.  My birthday is the day after Christmas, the same as Chairman Mao’s.  I’m not retired yet.  Still working. “Go ahead and play [...]

The Second Coming

4 April 2009 | 1 comment
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“Why do you want to go to Baoding?  There’s nothing to see there.” Exactly.  That’s exactly what I want to hear.  This is the type of remark that draws me to a place when I want to travel somewhere for a day trip or a weekend and escape Beijing’s hustle and bustle.  There’s nothing there…I find [...]