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15 May
We Are SafeSince the devastating earthquake in Sichuan Province, many of our friends have written to make sure that we are safe. Thank you for your concern, and please be assured that we are all fine. The earthquake was far to the west and we live on the eastern coast of China. Our thoughts […]
11 May
A Mother’s ProclamationToday is Mothers’ Day, my first as an actual mom. Last year I was pregnant on Mothers’ Day, which doesn’t really count. An astonishing number of my friends have had babies in the past year. Ladies, you know who you are, and I hope you are enjoying this special day with your little baby […]
03 May
Just Because Part Two
02 May
China! China! China! China Starts with “C”…Via Yahoo, The Wall Street Journal offers a case study destined for Intro to Marketing textbooks. It’s a fluff piece for the Brilliance of Culturally-Conscious Marketing. Pbbbfffttt! So in China in 2006 Kraft remade the Oreo itself, introducing for the first time an Oreo that looked almost nothing like the original. It’s as if I’m supposed […]
02 May
Next Year in Philadelphia Another Passover in China has come and gone. Once again, we baked our own matzoh. Once again, we ground it to make matzoh ball soup. We slightly abbreviated our seder so that Artemis could get to sleep on time. We ended with a promise that we would spend next year in […]
26 Mar
Artemis PlayingThis clip is a little old, but due to recent events in China, YouTube was blocked from access by mainlanders. The internet is a political vehicle. Our body politic soils herself.
17 Mar
Artemis at Eight MonthsArtemis started crawling over the weekend. It didn’t happen all at once, of course. She has been working up to crawling over the last couple of weeks. She would get up on her hands and knees and then try to lean forward. Then she learned to make little hops. Then […]