Category: Love Life
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at the hotel
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Christa’s birthday is on Monday (the day after Easter this year…) So as my gift to her I sent her and her friend (Marieke) to Xining’s 5-star hotel for the night tonight. I think the hotel is actually a 4-star, but I’m told in China it’s common practice for hotels to add a star if…
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rebel princess
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A few evenings ago some of our friends here hosted a "murder mystery" dinner. (And you thought we’d just developed a sense of style…) That first sentence makes it sound like a "murder mystery" dinner is something that just happens on the spur of the moment. In fact, the planning took weeks (perhaps months.) If…
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she’s got the looks that kill…
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xining-a-go-go
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As we speak Christa just sang/rapped the entire theme song from The Fresh Prince of Bel Air. I’m not sure whether to be really impressed or really embarrassed by this. Then again that’s not a show I grew up watching, so I think I’ll be impressed.
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A few days ago I posted my daily schedule so that you could get a sense for what I’ve been up to. Since then it has come to my atention that many people are more curious about my wife Christa’s daily schedule. There are many reasons why I am not able to provide such a…
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Here, at Ribbon’s End (June 3, 2000) Ancient Chinese Legend When children are young, gods tie an invisible red string over the ankles of the couple who are supposed to wed later. As the years go by, the string becomes shorter and shorter until the couple are united. Nothing in this world can sever the…
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My wife and I are celebrating our 5th wedding anniversary today. That’s awesome! For that reason, I’m re-posting a memoir I wrote commemmorating that special day. The sun blazed like an answered prayer, in my eyes, and I knew God’s smile. Mountains with blue-gray faces showed up (needing no invite) as subtle water lapped on…
yeti speak... 