Entries by AlanPaul

Chinese class and cooking, too

Jacob and I have been having weekly Chinese classes with Linda. The others have dropped out. This week she was not in a hurry and stuck around so we could do some cooking together. She taught me how to make the simple but delicious Chinese comfort food of thin-sliced fried potatoes.

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Third Culture President

I received the following email this morning from Ruth van Reken, author of the book Third Culture Kids and thought it was worth sharing.In the Financial Times this a.m. there is an article calle “Handshake brokered by Obama saves day” It is talking about the last minutes of talks between Mr. Sarkozy of France and […]

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Last column — repatriation blues

Combating the Repatriation BluesWhen you are a returning expat, one way to lessen your sense of loss when you move home is to find other people like you. * By ALAN PAUL Everyone in my family has been battling the Beijing blues. Back in the U.S. for almost three months after three and a half […]

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Now what do I do?

Well I’m a little hungover after a few crazy weeks. The Allmans at the Beacons are over.. 15 shows. I was at 4 and they were all different and all great. I saw buddy Guy, Phish dudes, Eric Clapton, Chuck Leavell and Bobby and Phil from the Dead with them.. but the best night was […]

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Gerbils

We returned last night from four days in Michigan and the baby gerbils are like new creatures. All very cool. We can pick them up now, and are supposed to, so they get used to people. They still look something like salamanders. Their eyes are closed and they will be blind for a few more […]

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Layla — Allmans with Clapton

Saw a really great, memorable Allmans show at the Beacon last night. Clapton played almost all of the second set with them. This was the encore, and filmed from right where I was standing. This guy must have been just ahead and to the right of me. They definitely brought their A game from the […]

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Serious excitement

Last Sunday morning, we were giving the kids breakfast and prepping them for their first day of Sunday School. Suddenly, Jacob asked who put M&M’s in the gerbil cage. I came over to see what he was talking about — and saw that our gerbil Bob, ahem, in our house all of a week, had […]

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