Nice interview on Writer Abroad .com
A really nice interview with me right here on Writer Abroad.com. Thanks for the interest.
Beijing hutong, New Year’s Eve Morning
I stayed in the lovely courtyard 7 hotel my last night on this recent trip to Beijing and on my way out in the morning -- which was CNY eve -- I came across this nice old guy putting up his annual red banners. for some reason, he was interested…
Old School corn Milling
as noted earlier, I spent a couple of days up at the Pavilion House run by the Schoolhouse at Mutianyu. It was a great palace to write, think, get my head together. Every day I ate two of three delicious egg pancakes, gladly overpaying the nice…
Chinese New Years dumplings video
I took a couple of short videos on my recent trip to beijing and will post them as I get them up. This was a lot of fun and the jiao zi were delicious. Humiliating to have my Pittsburgh-accented Chinese captured, but whatever.It is traditional…
Some photos
Let's see if I can get some Winter Wall photos up here. I had them attached with the last posts but they did not seem to take. We'll try this one more time and if it does not work out, I will add them when I get home on Weds. or Thu…
Some village scenes
These are just some snapshots I took around the village where I am staying. The woman cooking the crepe thing is making the egg pancakes I have been living on, eating a couple a day. I love them. After two days I am already getting a local's…
Another day, another winter Wall hike
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Today was crisp and sunny and I had a very productive day, waking up and
writing from about 7-12, then taking a great wall hike for a few hours and
plugging away a bunch more hours into the evening, with a break for…
Finally made it onto the Wall in the snow
One of my very few regrets about our time in China was that I never made it onto the Great Wall in the snow. There was march snowfall my last spring there and I thought about clearing my schedule andbarreling up but I didn't do…
Nice press in China
http://beijingdaze.com/tunes/2010/02/05/woodie-alan-interview/Thanks Beijing Daze!
Back in the saddle
Woodie Alan rode again last night for one night at the Orchard, our ancestral homeland. It was great fun.