Twixt China and Duluth August 2, 2017 I’m not quite through pontificating about China. Heck, I haven’t even posted any pictures but now that I’m back home I have work to… Continue Reading
2 minutes of random Shanghai traffic August 2, 2017 Shot from the 11th floor of the Westin “Lotus” Hotel. It’s being uploaded to YouTube. Will explain after our drive to Duluth this afternoon…. Continue Reading
Dear Duan July 31, 2017 Back in Wuhan, at the end of my Yangzte River journey, I decided to give Barbara Tuchman’s book on Stilwell to our tour guide…. Continue Reading
How is a diaper like a politician? July 29, 2017 That was the question posed by Ben tonight at our cruise ship’s hokey talent night program. Ben is painfully earnest and his jokes are… Continue Reading
The Internet is leakier than the White House July 27, 2017 Traveling down the mid stretch of the Yangtze River has been quiet enough to let my brain fret over China’s middling and meddlesome censorship…. Continue Reading
I write this post at 3 AM on the floor in a book club friend’s favorite bathroom in China July 19, 2017 The timing is not surprising. I spent a 13 hour day mostly wide awake on a 787 (I think) flying in a great circle… Continue Reading
China doesn’t like Google or Facebook July 17, 2017 For the first significant vacation of my adulthood I will not be taking a camera, Yashika, Cannon or Pentax with me. I will be… Continue Reading
Stuff on my busy mind, written early in the day, so that I can stop thinking about it all July 7, 2017 News Comment: While our President snorts about Fake News this ISIS opponent shows how honest and brave journalism is critical to the health of… Continue Reading
Mao June 13, 2017 My Mother gave me one of these t-shirts back in the 70’s. Now I’m reading two books out-loud to Claudia that I’ve had for… Continue Reading
Chinese Bibliophiles April 3, 2017 Again. A weekend with plenty of thinking and very little posting. Actually on Friday I spent a couple hours writing in an attempt to… Continue Reading
