• I just wanted everyone to know that I (and family) are still living, but my brain activity has slowed to mere functionality.  It’s difficult to even muster enough energy (that would be like working!) to form coherent sentences and paragraphs.  And blogging…well, it’s out of the question. The weather is nice and warm here. The…

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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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  • little people mover

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  • I’m claiming the first two, but the third would be a bit phenomenal even for me. My question is: do you have to be all three (i.e. old, weak, and pregnant) to sit in these special seats? Don’t ask me; ask the thoughtful folks who designed the Chengdu airport. Or you could ask the always…

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  • Who knew…I would spend my first "one night in Bangkok" on my 32nd birthday. Do wonders ever cease? (You’ll be singing that one for the rest of the day now won’t you?)

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  • I recently purchased a sub-standard DVD version of Peter Jackson’s latest, King Kong. I haven’t watched the Hollywood blockbuster just yet, but I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to buy the movie. Especially, after reading the critic’s praise on the back of the film. (Remember this is a Chinese product.) Allegedly, Sean Burns of the…

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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…

  • I had plans to tell a few stories about my time in Xiahe this past weekend.  (The pics told their own stories, but I had a few more that required words.)  That was the plan…and then we took another trip to a Muslim village a few hours south of Xining.  Now I don’t know what…

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  • prayer flags at our potty break spot

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  • it’s colder than it looks on the pass

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