Category: My Yeti Life
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This week has felt really busy. It seemed like every time I thought things would slow down I realized that I had something else on the horizon… Start of the semester activities and actual class work have kept me pretty preoccupied. Here’s a very important word that I learned this week. I actually learned it…
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"See the world in green and blue, See China right in front of you… It’s a beautiful day, Don’t let it get away." U2 "Beautiful Day" (I am in Xining) I squeeze through stone arches and onto campus. I have joined the flow of students; we are like salmon swimming upstream. They seem to…
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When the early morning dawn sets our bedroom a-glow, my eyes touch on the things which surround me: a commissioned bookshelf half full of books that were mailed across the ocean; a large warddrobe that guards the left side of our room (because closets do not exist here); a creeping mold that has wedged its…
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you got me? If I knew I probably wouldn’t be blogging about it. (Sidenote: This picture was taken about three weeks ago. I shaved my gotee a few days after this was taken. Yesterday, Anna looked at me wide-eyed. "Daddy, when did you shave off your beard?" she asked in amazement. Such an observant child. …
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I think I should get an award for having the most sensational (and misleading) post titles possible on a blog. Based on the post title, you might think I am going to share a story about a hair-raising elephant stampede; a new flood or other natural disaster; or maybe how the Johnsons are battling some…
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Sometimes I think life can be lived underwater. Or seemingly so. Often I look back at a period of time and think to myself, Where did it go? Was I really present for that event? Am I floating? Head and arms numbed by the sensation of fluidity, bobbing as the waves lull me along. I…
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Anna paid me a great compliment the other day. I was sitting at the kitchen table typing away on the laptop. She was sitting next to me watching. She said, "Daddy, your fingers are dancing!" I don’t know why that filled me with joy, but it sure did. I guess because there was something so…
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Who’s crazy?!! Some people think that I’m obsessed with things like Starbucks coffee, big fantasy novels, the X-files, peanut butter M&Ms, et al… And the people who think this about me are 100% correct! Christmas (i.e. the material side of it) came a little bit later this year than usual, but OH BOY, DID IT…
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This year I’ve decided to shoot for attainable goals…so here goes: In 2006, I resolve to make only one New Year’s Resolution. Wow, that was easy and to think, come next December the guilt factor will be so low… I’m batting 1.000!
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I come from a long lineage of golf lovers. Unfortunately for my family name this golfing gene was not passed through to my DNA. This quote kind of sums up my sentiments on the subject of golfing: I have never understood the appeal of golf. Which is odd because I’m quite partial to the game…
yeti speak... 