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  • Wayne wrote a new blog post: It’s what year?   18 years, 3 months ago · View

    2005? 2005? Are you kidding? Signing for a third year. We had personnel changes. Some finished their contracts, and some left unexpectedly. Our son Wyatt turned one and is zooming towards his second birthday Didn’t we just start this year? It seems to have gone a wee bit too fast. It started well enough. There […]

  • Wayne wrote a new blog post: Pandas and pedicabs … A trip to Chengdu   18 years, 6 months ago · View

    ThumbnailPandas and pedicabs Pandas and pedicabs We visited Chengdu last week A holiday before the holiday I took a few days so I could spend time with my wife and son and visit a friend Steve, who taught with me in Jinzhou and Changsha, is now in Chengdu Nancy,a friend, who’s also the school accountant joined […]

  • Wayne wrote a new blog post: A day and a night   18 years, 10 months ago · View

    ThumbnailA typical day off spent with family,and a night spent walking with my wife The day was bright We had a good day I was off I went shopping With Robert’s technical help and Grace’s linguistic finesse we managed to buy a Panasonic digital camera without breaking the bank It’ll take some time to get used […]

  • Wayne wrote a new blog post: A boy, a dog and a tomato   18 years, 10 months ago · View

    ThumbnailWe went shopping today Robert had a great need to see the traditional market and I had a great need to test-drive the new camera Wyatt had other needs … Emily coaxed me into joining her at the market I had prepared to veg on my sole day off this week Then Robert called and asked […]

  • Wayne wrote a new blog post: Details and duty   18 years, 11 months ago · View

    We talked about what was possible,doable and useful. Should I fly to Canada? Mom had died. I had suspected as much after the first cryptic email. Or, to be more precise, I had an inkling of this after the first email and the next couple. ‘Call your brother Mike.’ and then ‘Call Roxanne.”(a cousin) … […]

  • Wayne wrote a new blog post: Snow lay all around   18 years, 12 months ago · View

    The day dawns inappropriately bright. Snow covers the ground and the way is icy. We arrive at the church I had not seen my mom in five years and this was not the way I’d wanted to see her again She lay there in her open casket. It took a moment to compose myself and […]

  • Wayne wrote a new blog post: Back in Canada … for the moment   18 years, 12 months ago · View

    I’m back in Canada Unfortunately it’s to attend a funeral On Friday night I checked my email and had a couple of cryptic messages … call home/urgent and words to that effect So I dug through my phone list and called home Mom has died was the gist of the conversation I called our accountant/financial […]

  • Wayne wrote a new blog post: Sick and tired   19 years ago · View

    Seems no matter how often you work with people they can’t resist the urge to revert to type. The parable of the scorpion and the frog comes to mind … (and you have to look for that yourself) Last week was long. Preparing for the spring course, doing demos dealing with staff, administration and teachers […]

  • Wayne wrote a new blog post: More good times than bad times   19 years, 1 month ago · View

    I still think of the old days occasionally. There were, thankfully, more good times than bad times. I realize that’s almost an Edie Brickell song. The Old Days There have been a few changes in mine. The November before last, I changed jobs. The December before last, Dec 14,1997, I got married. Her name is Emily. She’s […]

  • Wayne wrote a new blog post: Just returned   19 years, 1 month ago · View

    After the Winter Course 2005 We’d just finished winter course and had some travel arranged … we took off for Hainan. Hainan is in the south of China. Actually a tropical island. We spent our time in Sanya, Xinlong and Haiko A few of us even managed to scuba dive I did well until I came to the edge of the […]

  • Wayne wrote a new blog post: Bio   19 years, 1 month ago · View

    ThumbnailI’ve been living and working in Asia for almost a decade. Perhaps you’ll find some of the tales interesting. Perhaps you’ll find some useful information. Perhaps you can’t sleep. I’ve been living in Asia for a bit, originally from Canada I don’t consider myself an expat, just a Canadian living elsewhere. We lived in China with […]