I’m not advocating that, if you’re heading to Chiang Mai, Thailand and end up lost in a forest along the Burmese border, it’s a good thing, nor am I suggesting that you make it easy... Read more >>

After a bad break-up or a series of yucky dates, many of my friends have decided to take hiatuses from dating. And I guess stepping away from the dating scene can have its benefits. It can be a way... Read more >>

We timed our trip to Arizona so that we could see my Aunt Berta and Uncle Charles who would be in Scottsdale at the same time we would be in Phoenix. We were also visiting Alex’s Mom and her... Read more >>

I am a twenty-first century gypsy. My drive to travel and move about the globe stems from somewhere very deep within my core. In much the same way the heart beats because it must pump blood and lungs... Read more >>

  When we first came to China, we taught English in a private language school. There was an exceptionally bright young woman working in this school part time who was also a college student,... Read more >>

I teach English in China. I know that the college students have a lot of homework in all of their other classes, so I try to make my homework assignments as easy for them as possible. I usually ask... Read more >>

One day, at the beginning of a school term, some Freshman girls came to me and told me they liked to cook but they had no place to cook at school. At that time, our apartment was on the first floor... Read more >>