Entries by AlanPaul

Struggling with school

I spent a lot of time writing and rewriting my column this week. It’s about the crazy Sichuan trip. I sent it out to a bunch of you earlier today and will be posting up here next week. If anyone reading this didn’t get it and would like to drop me a line. I wasn’t […]

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Woodie Alan update

Been busy with Woodie Alan. We played at a party Friday night, adding bass and percussion for our first quintet performance. It was cool. The bass picked things up pretty well, though it was mostly a live rehearsal. The percussionist was a Mexican guy who was a little annoying at times but really good on […]

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Eli

Eli took an after-school drama class and at the end they did a little production. He played a clown. He was really pretty good and seemed to enjoy the whole experience but now he says he doesn’t want to do it again.. not sure why.

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Last column

When Your Child Falls Ill In a Foreign Country March 30, 2007 Nothing makes you feel farther from home than being a temporary single parent with a sick kid in China. When illness strikes, it’s easy to feel extremely isolated and unsure about how to proceed, a feeling greatly magnified when you find yourself home […]

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Next Year in Beijing!

We hosted a rather large seder last Monday night.. particularly large since it was called for 6 pm and we didn’t get back from the airport until about 1. But we co-hosted with our friend Maya (pictured with B at left) and she stayed at our house Sunday night, did all the shopping and almost […]

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Wild West Sichuan trip Photos

Oh my. Where do I even start to recapture a wild and wooly trip to Western Sichuan province? It’s a bitch sometimes being a writer, because I can’t just say something is indescribable.. it’s not really acceptable for me as it would be for others. It’s my job to describe the indescribable. But these four […]

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