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One of the wondrous things about being with a child is watching her experience things for the first time. I imagine Lia having arrived on the planet, her senses primed to soak in every new taste, sound, and sight. I think of her as a protagonist in a science fiction book, visiting another dimension. Everything […]

Ever seen a one-year-old eat birthday cake? Ya gotta. This was Lia on Saturday night, eating her banana cake. She perfected several techniques, including double-fisted and no-hands. We spent Easter in Kingston with my parents, and feted the birthday girl with presents and cake and lots of attention. Today we had plans for an outing […]

We had a windy day for our trek through Tiananmen Square and the Forbidden City. The bus dropped us at Zhengyang Gate and we walked the long way around Mao’s Mausoleum towards the Gate of Heavenly Peace, mounted with Mao’s portrait. My mom really wanted to see Mao in his crystal coffin, so we may […]

Today was the epic visit to the Great Wall of China. Things didn’t start off well–after recovering from last week’s cold, I went to bed with a sore throat last night and was much worse this morning. I thought I had strep, and spoke to the pediatrician travelling with us who had some extra antibiotics. […]

This morning we took an hour’s bus trip into the countryside of Jiangxi. We visited a historic rural village, established over a thousand years ago under the shade of an ancient tree. Legend has it that a family found a great treasure under the tree, having been told of the treasure in a dream, and […]