2009 May | China Reflection - Part 2

Sprial into Madness: The Sequel

9 May 2009 | Comment

Baoding, Beijing, Bookworm, China

Recently, I have joined a weekly writer’s workshop in Beijing. It meets on Monday evenings at 7:30 at a bookstore called “The Bookworm.” The Bookworm is a little piece of Greenwich Village in Beijing. It’s the kind of place where the scholarly and cerebral hipster crowd go to relax, discuss literature, read, fool around on [...]

Family Photo Album

2 May 2009 | 7 comments

Beijing, China, Shanxi, Wutai Mountain

When Dad first sent me his 2009 itinerary, my eyes immediately focused on the word “China.” I knew that he and Mom were coming in April. What to do about it? What to do? As the date of their arrival drew closer and closer, I continued to scheme to myself how to create the perfect [...]