While in Guangzhou, we visited Shamian Island. It used to be a foreign concession “won” after Queen Victoria bullied the Qing into peddling opium to the people.* Now, it’s known for housing both a US consulate and westerners hoping to adopt Chinese children.
The locals we asked about it had never been there, but [...]
We finally moved into our new apartment and it is fantastic! We have two bedrooms, a good sized kitchen, and a nice, big living room. We have views of the Pacific on one side and a small view of the mountains on the other. Even with the fake wood flooring, the place is [...]
We just finished our first week of classes. I am teaching two sections of Contract Law and two sections of Writing. I will describe my Law classes in the future. For now, let me tell you what it is like to teach 18-year-olds how to write an essay.
I learned how to write an essay when I [...]
Qingdao has an English language bookclub. It amazes me. The city has a big enough Anglophonic community to support a bookclub. It’s wonderful!
I have always loved bookclubs. My mother belongs to a bookclub that has been meeting for about 25 years. When I was a little girl their meetings always looked so sophisticated. It was the one part of [...]
Emily, Joshua and Artemis now live in Philadelphia, PA. They used to live in Qingdao, People's Republic of China.
Monthly Archives: September 2006