My mother died four years ago, on April 20, 2008. It was a Sunday. I was ordering shoes online when I got the call from my dad, and it...

At the risk of redundancy, I’m writing again about technology. My last post (too many days ago) was about my father’s typewriter, which...

Okay, we’ve officially become the travelers who no longer know what day it is, and we’re having trouble remembering where we’re headed...

We’re back in civilization and high-speed Internet. Thanks Juli for handling the posting while I was in no-man’s land. The photos above...

We’re back in Nanning after the most amazing day. We got up this morning and had a traditional Chinese breakfast (dim sum, steamed buns,...

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Welcome to southern China. Our flight was delayed this morning because a group of domestic tourists were angry that their flight was...

We’ve been running for three days – up early and not back to the hotel room until late evening. We’ve seen amazing things (Terra Cotta...

Dragon Boat Festival continues today. It’s a three-day festival that began on Saturday, and almost everyone is on holiday, which means we...

Today, we became heroes – at least according to Chairman Mao. “You are not a hero until you climb The Great Wall.” So we did. We took the...

We’re exhausted, but have been trekking around the city all afternoon trying to stay awake. Alison will be measured by a tailor at 6 p.m....

Colin, Erin, and Lisa – November, 2001 I am writing this on the plane, over the ocean headed to Seoul Korea, and then on to Beijing. I...

She came to us in a photograph first. In the conference room of our adoption agency, our social worker slid her photo across the table....