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It was a shock to get word from my parents that my Grandpa Hugh died on Saturday. He was my mother’s father (in Mandarin, my waigong). He was in his eighties and had been in and out of hospital lately, but still . . . The most upsetting thing for me is that we will […]

Click here for a slideshow of today’s photos. Bit of a rough morning: we goofed on Lia’s sleep re-education yesterday, and let her nap too long in the afternoon. So she was bouncing around our hotel room for many of the wee hours. I think the aroma of rice crackers will forever be connected with […]

Click here for a slideshow of our China pictures so far. After an early morning flight to Toronto, we met up with Oma, Opa and Uncle Kevin outside International Departures at Pearson–it was great fun to be able to visit with the latter two before Oma, Ali, Lia and I boarded our long flight to […]

Greetings from beautiful Plum Island, MA! Since Lia’s daycare was shutting down for the week, we took the opportunity to rent a cottage on “Plum Lisland”, as Lia calls it, a bird-watcher’s paradise that’s only an hour’s drive northeast of Boston. The week started out cool and rainy, but as the weather’s improved, we’ve been […]