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In China again
Tuesday, April 18th, 2006I’ll be in China again … at least for a week
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Tenuous? I laugh at tenuous
Wednesday, February 1st, 2006
I'm afraid it looks grim for our hero ... the blender's on puree
I have a lead on a job here,but it's a fairly tenuous one. What the hey ... most of my life is tenuous
By chance I ran into ... [Continue reading this entry]
Pandas and pedicabs … A trip to Chengdu
Saturday, October 1st, 2005
Pandas 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 ... [Continue reading this entry]
A day and a night
Thursday, May 26th, 2005
A 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 ... [Continue reading this entry]
Details and duty
Monday, April 18th, 2005
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 ... [Continue reading this entry]
Snow lay all around
Wednesday, April 6th, 2005
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 ... [Continue reading this entry]
Back in Canada … for the moment
Wednesday, April 6th, 2005
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 ... [Continue reading this entry]
Sick and tired
Tuesday, March 8th, 2005
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 ... [Continue reading this entry]
More good times than bad times
Monday, February 28th, 2005
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 ... [Continue reading this entry]
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