I just went online to the Seattle Times to read some news from home. And then I remembered that a friend here told me that there is a website that covers news from our province, Qinghai. And it’s in English! So I went to check it out. It’s got some interesting bits of information. And…

Since the water in our apartment has been shut off for the past few days to fix a leak on our block, we have been eating out for dinner. Mainly we’ve been doing this because we don’t want to make dirty dishes we can’t clean. Last night we packed the girls in their double stroller…

in the neighborhood

sure to draw a crowd

are you tawkin’ ta me

There’s quite a few photos below of some of our "everyday" scenery. The ironic thing about the photos is that there are no people in them (other than closeups of my immediate family (jia–I’m learning Chinese). And believe me, there are quite a few people here living in this city. Over a million to be…

wool gathering – in case you missed it!