You’ve probably heard by now, but another devastating earthquake hit on April 14th. This one was in the Qinghai province where we lived for three years. The earthquake hit Yushu, a Tibetan area, well south of Xining (where we lived) but hundreds of people died and thousands were injured. Many of our friends in the…

While I was watching Kentucky vs. Florida NCAA basketball this morning, Sarah noticed a player tumble to the ground going for the basketball. Her response, “Do you wanna play fall on the floor or do you wanna play basketball?”

“To be nobody but yourself in a world which is doing its best day and night to make you everybody else, means to fight the hardest battle which any human being can fight, and never stop fighting.”

Busy work week for me, or I should say a busy work month. Before I left the office yesterday, I culled my inbox down to just under 1,000 emails. I normally like to have it at less than 100 so you begin to understand my current predicament. Too much work lately, but I’m thankful that…

Got a call this morning from Goddard College, the “vanguard” school to offer low-residency programs in Master’s of Fine Arts (MFA) in Creative Writing. Short story: I’m “in”. I’ve been accepted to participate in graduate level work in creative nonfiction. The program starts in January but I’m hoping I can defer that and start in…

These pictures come in a little bit late, but that’s because our Halloween coincided with the swine flu epidemic in our household.

After a rough weekend, the Johnson household is on the road to recovery. Still some sniffles, coughs, and soreness (Christa) but thankfully the flu has passed on to its next stop. I’m just excited that it is November and I can start listening to some Christmas music. I figure why wait around for Thanksgiving this…

Update 10/31 Here’s a list of a few things I did today. I took the day off, for reasons which will become clear, but I still believe it was one of the strangest days I’ve had to date. Things I Did Yesterday / Today: Called the doctor to ask questions about the swine flu. (Anna…

This is my favorite Seattle “underground” (or bridge) landmark. I’ve probably posted about it before, but we re-visited it recently and took a few more pictures of it.