Fairies
Anna and her friend Arabella, flapping their arms for hours and yelling, "We're fairies!"
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…
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…
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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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…
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…
More pictures
..from the trippy trip. I said, "Make an angry face." And, yes, Eli lost another tooth on this trip. You can see it here hanging by a thread.
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…