Autumn festival or moon festival.  Either name you call it the moon pies are delicious. They are filled with pork lard and different types of ingredients. You can have pork, beef, Rose, grape, blueberries, bananas, and other flavors.. these are in a pastry crust in the shape of  a full moon. It is a time […]

This city has two pools.:  One outside &one inside.   I’ve only utilized the facilities 3 time.  Part of it is that sometimes they are getting cleaned, other times have other things to do like eat or go places ,and of course I’m not a big swim person. So Catherine wanted to come one time and

People here drive just about anything.  Cars, big trucks, crotch rocket motorcycle,  all variety of scooter too.   Some of the scooter’s have the look of a three wheeler or a basic trike but they have a truck bed on the end.. appropriate size to vehicle. When I went to a smaller town I saw mule

look out,new fashion in China.  i can do a front shirt tuck here and guess what it is new and okay to do it..haha not to mention guys have their own version of purse.  still different than the manbag too. they tend to be vertical rectangle. also,  you know how much i love my curly

I just worked the late shift and me and a bud walked a friend home. We stopped by a bakery for some moon cakes and muffins. We parted ways at an intersection. I noticed there was  a crowd and music and someone talking on a mic and a tent was up at the china telecom

Part Er of Yuxi Trip I’m dropped off on the street by the bus station.  Luckily I know that down the street somewhere is the office of John Bo my contact of how I got to china in the first place. At this point the noodles are wearing off and I get a pear.  Luckily

About two weeks ago I decided I would travel the 2.5 hour bus ride to Yuxi…alone.  I got the cities names written in characters, got a basic map of the city from people who have lived/visited there and was even going to have help navigating the bus station in Yuanjiang. As luck would have it,

Where to begin… ha with this sentence. SUCK IT writers block. NOT this time. lol   It’s more a question of.. can I be tactful about the following post.  Well my long time counselor during the divorce would question my tact prowess.  Here we go. I make literally a lot times as much as my

Friday, August 30, 2013 11:07 AM The other day I did a hike with Duan and Ada and Kurt.  We walked about an hour to the mountain and then climbed 500 steps up to a temple.  It gave spectacular views of the city and river.  Then we walked back and she treated us to chinese

Yes, this post is about 10 days late.  Still worth blogging about it though. I was talking to a friend in America the other day.  We both have blogs, and have a list of events to write about.  In fact we are both trying to learn a new language using Rosetta Stone.   After working all