When we first arrived,  the campus had a creek bed but no water…for three years. Apparently, the water just seeped into the ground. Three years later they began working on a possible solution: concrete. Pave in the creek bed and put dirt on top of it to cover it up. We’ll see how it does

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Sometimes there are signs at the entrances of our apartment complex informing us of when the power, water or gas might be turned off. Generally, things go as planned, but on Friday after our vegetables were cleaned and chopped, we turned on our gas to toss everything in the wok and alas there was no

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Our campus has an octagon house which is currently not in use. Every time I walk past it I have a new vision of it’s purpose: a cafe, a cozy used bookstore, a stationary shop, a scrapbooking nook, etc.

Hubs: a BBQ hut.

It reminds us of the Octagon House in San Francisco we drove by every

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When I was walking home from the post office, I stumbled upon this fashion show contest on campus. Models were working the catwalk while Enya provided some inspiration to strut in 40 degree weather just to be voted Three Gorges University’s Next Top Model.

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Recently, I was invited to give a lecture on the American health care system at a local nursing college. Now, my mother is a nurse, but this doesn’t make me an expert on health care systems.

Since the lecture was to be given in Chinese, I had to learn a few new words and freshen

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A friend exhibited his art in the university gallery. We went to check it out. Schäfer loved all the colors and tigers!

There were three styles of calligraphy in the exhibit. This middle font is Zhuang Shu, a more ancient form.

This font is Cao Shu. The brush hardly leaves the paper when writing each character.

This final

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