Entries by AlanPaul

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Dixie in his element

Just found this video that I never dealt with from last summer. This is Dixie Doc leading us on a nature hike to the rocks behind Maple Mountain in an absolute downpour. The virgin oak forest there is so thick we were only getting a bit wet at this point, but listen to the sound. […]

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Hulk Hogan Paul

Nephew Jesse Paul continues his rampage through the 103-pounders of Delaware. He recently won a big tournament, which I think is the source of this footage. Honestly, I find this whole wrestling thing bizarre and somewhat disturbing on any number of levels. But I’m also proud of Jesse and fellow nephew Josh, who is also […]

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Anna day

Big day in Annaland yesterday. she had DEAR (Drop Everything and Read) day at school, otherwise known as pajama day. she was counting down the days all week and was jumping up and down. he has such a very, very sweet relationship with her teacher Holly. also pictured is Anna with her good friend “big […]

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New column and NPR story

The NPR story is up here. It is surprisingly long and only a couple of moment made me crying, including the little intro on the blog that says we travel first class all the time. That’s not true. Everything else seems on point. After all these years of listening to NPR, this is pretty astounding […]

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Chair skating

One of the truly unique things to do in China in the winter is to go ice chairing, or biking. We went with a large group of friends last year, down to Houhai Lake in central Beijing. Sunday we decided to go again with our friends the Lattas (close readers will remember them from a […]

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Photos are still coming….

Still catching up on pictures from the U.S. trip, now working backwards. Here’s Anna with Aunt Carrie at the Newark Airport. They spent most of that last week together, while B was in meetings etc in NYC. enjoyed by all. Beck had a hard time moving all the luggage and Anna out in Beijing, where […]

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Pictures — Colorado

About 12,500 feet up. It feels like the top of the world.I think this was after Dixie had already torn his rightrotator cuff falling while following me down KTGully, a double black diamond. Am I to blame?Eli enjoyed his time with Helene.“Jacob from China” took gold.Only Dixie was more in love with Anna’s teacher than […]

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Catching up pictures: Maplewood

My brother and I bought nephew Josh a belatedbar mitzvah present –a sweet guitar. Rule one:would one of want it if he quits playing?Paul cousins in south Mtn. ReservationJacob and best friend Gabriel. The famous first toothachestarted right around now.Anna really enjoyed having a gaggle of kids younger thanher around, a new development. She is […]

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